Where does “tihkuinen” come from?

tihkuinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish tihku, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

tihkuinen (Finnish): drizzly

Definitions

  1. drizzly

Ancestry of “tihkuinen”, step by step

tihkuinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tihku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtihkudrizzle
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish tihku →