Where does “pehmennys” come from?

pehmennys (Finnish) comes from Finnish pehmentää, from Finnish pehmeä, from Proto-Finnic pehmedä — soft.

pehmennys (Finnish): softening

Definitions

  1. softening

Ancestry of “pehmennys”, step by step

pehmennys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pehmentää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpehmentääto soften, make soft or softer
2Finnishpehmeäsoft; silky; smooth
3Proto-Finnicpehmedäsoft

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “pehmennys”

Every word from Proto-Finnic pehmedä →Every word from Finnish pehmeä →Every word from Finnish pehmentää →