Where does “tyyneys” come from?

tyyneys (Finnish) comes from Finnish Tyyni, from Proto-Finnic *tüüni, from Proto-Finno-Ugric tiwä-ni.

tyyneys (Finnish): calm; calmness; serenity

Definitions

  1. calm; calmness; serenity

Ancestry of “tyyneys”, step by step

tyyneys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Tyyni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishTyynicalm, still, tranquil, serene
2Proto-Finnic*tüüni—
3Proto-Finno-Ugrictiwä-ni—

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “tyyneys”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric tiwä-ni →Every word from Proto-Finnic *tüüni →Every word from Finnish Tyyni →
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