Where does “rasvatyyni” come from?

rasvatyyni (Finnish) comes from Finnish Tyyni, from Proto-Finnic *tüüni, from Proto-Finno-Ugric tiwä-ni.

rasvatyyni (Finnish): dead calm

Definitions

  1. dead calm

Ancestry of “rasvatyyni”, step by step

rasvatyyni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Tyyni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishTyynicalm, still, tranquil, serene
2Proto-Finnic*tüüni—
3Proto-Finno-Ugrictiwä-ni—

via Finnish rasva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrasvafat; grease; ointment
2Proto-Finnicrasvafat
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric tiwä-ni →Every word from Proto-Finnic *tüüni →Every word from Finnish Tyyni →