Where does “tarunhohteinen” come from?

tarunhohteinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish hohde, from Finnish hohtaa, from Finnish hohkaa, from Proto-Finnic hohkadak — to emanate, to radiate (heat).

tarunhohteinen (Finnish): fabled, fabulous, mythical, like from a story

Definitions

  1. fabled, fabulous, mythical, like from a story

Ancestry of “tarunhohteinen”, step by step

tarunhohteinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hohde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhohdeshine, luster, radiance, glow; glance; used in...
2FinnishhohtaaTo glow, shine, glimmer, gleam
3Finnishhohkaa
4Proto-Finnichohkadakto emanate, to radiate (heat)

via Finnish taru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaruepic, saga; fiction, false; legend, myth
2DanishDagmar
Every word from Proto-Finnic hohkadakEvery word from Finnish hohkaaEvery word from Finnish hohtaa