Where does “tyveys” come from?

tyveys (Finnish) comes from Finnish tyvetä, from Finnish tyven, from Proto-Finnic tüven, from Votic tüvi — trunk of a tree.

tyveys (Finnish): removing something off the stem of a tree

Definitions

  1. removing something off the stem of a tree

Ancestry of “tyveys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyvetäto remove something off the stem of a tree
2Finnishtyvencalm; Synonym of tyyni; a calm spot
3Proto-FinnictüvenAlternative form of *tüüni
4Votictüvitrunk of a tree
Every word from Votic tüvi →Every word from Proto-Finnic tüven →Every word from Finnish tyven →