Where does “pyhimyskehä” come from?
pyhimyskehä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyhimys, from Finnish -mus, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
pyhimyskehä (Finnish): halo
Ancestry of “pyhimyskehä”, step by step
pyhimyskehä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pyhimys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pyhimys | A saint |
| 2 | Finnish | -mus | Forms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish kehä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kehä | circle, ring; halo; circle, circumference |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kehä | circle, ring |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | keššä | — |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | keččä | — |