Where does “riihikuiva” come from?

riihikuiva (Finnish) comes from Finnish riihi, from Proto-Finnic riihi, from Proto-Finnic riŋeše.

riihikuiva (Finnish): dried in a riihi

Definitions

  1. dried in a riihi

Ancestry of “riihikuiva”, step by step

riihikuiva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish riihi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishriihiA traditional Scandinavian and Russian grain...
2Proto-Finnicriihicabin for drying and threshing grain
3Proto-Finnicriŋeše—

via Finnish kuiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuivadry; Indicative present connegative form of...
2Proto-Finnickuivadry
Every word from Proto-Finnic riŋeše →Every word from Proto-Finnic riihi →Every word from Finnish riihi →
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