Where does “tomuinen” come from?

tomuinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish tomu, from Proto-Finnic tomu — dust.

tomuinen (Finnish): dusty

Definitions

  1. dusty

Ancestry of “tomuinen”, step by step

tomuinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tomu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtomudust; ashes or remains; earth, soil
2Proto-Finnictomudust

via Finnish inen

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