Where does “tahmeus” come from?

tahmeus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tahmea, from Finnish tahma — gunk, goo.

tahmeus (Finnish): stickiness, tack

Definitions

  1. stickiness, tack

Ancestry of “tahmeus”, step by step

tahmeus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tahmea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtahmeasticky, gooey, tacky
2Finnishtahmagunk, goo

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Finnish tahma →Every word from Finnish tahmea →
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