Where does “sihinä” come from?

sihinä (Finnish) comes from Finnish sihistä, from Proto-Finnic sihistäk.

sihinä (Finnish): sizzle, hiss

Definitions

  1. sizzle, hiss

Ancestry of “sihinä”, step by step

sihinä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sihistä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsihistäto hiss; to sizzle
2Proto-Finnicsihistäk

via Finnish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish
Every word from Proto-Finnic sihistäkEvery word from Finnish sihistä