Where does “tihennys” come from?

tihennys (Finnish) comes from Finnish tihentää, from Finnish tiheä, from Proto-Finnic tihedä — dense, thick.

tihennys (Finnish): making more dense or frequent

Definitions

  1. making more dense or frequent

Ancestry of “tihennys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtihentääto make more dense or frequent, densify, thicken
2Finnishtiheädense, thick
3Proto-Finnictihedädense, thick
Every word from Proto-Finnic tihedä →Every word from Finnish tiheä →Every word from Finnish tihentää →