Where does “tarunhohtoinen” come from?

tarunhohtoinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish hohtoinen, from Finnish hohto, from Finnish hohtaa, from Finnish hohkaa, from Proto-Finnic hohkadak — to emanate, to radiate (heat).

tarunhohtoinen (Finnish): fabled

Definitions

  1. fabled

Ancestry of “tarunhohtoinen”, step by step

tarunhohtoinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hohtoinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhohtoinenshining, gleaming
2Finnishhohtoshining; gleaming; glowing
3FinnishhohtaaTo glow, shine, glimmer, gleam
4Finnishhohkaa
5Proto-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
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