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Where does “töhrijä” come from?

töhrijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish töhriä, from Finnish -iä, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

töhrijä (Finnish): smearer, smudger; agent noun of töhriä

Definitions

  1. smearer, smudger; agent noun of töhriä

Ancestry of “töhrijä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtöhriäto smudge, smear
2Finnish-iä—
3Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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