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Where does “pehmo” come from?

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

pehmo (Finnish): softy; When used as modifier in a compound term,...

Definitions

  1. softy; When used as modifier in a compound term,...

Ancestry of “pehmo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpehmeäsoft; silky; smooth
2Proto-Finnicpehmedäsoft

Words derived from “pehmo”

  • pehmojäätelö
  • pehmoilija
  • pehmoilla
Every word from Proto-Finnic pehmedä →