Where does “pentumainen” come from?

pentumainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish pentu, from Finnish peni, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *peni, from Proto-Uralic penä — dog.

pentumainen (Finnish): puppyish, puppylike

Definitions

  1. puppyish, puppylike

Ancestry of “pentumainen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpentucub, puppy; kid
2Finnishpenidog
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*peni—
4Proto-Uralicpenädog

Words derived from “pentumainen”

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