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
- smearer, smudger; agent noun of töhriä
Ancestry of “töhrijä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | töhriä | to smudge, smear |
| 2 | Finnish | -iä | — |
| 3 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 4 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |