Where does “uhmainen” come from?

uhmainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish uhma, from Proto-Finnic uhma.

uhmainen (Finnish): defiant

Definitions

  1. defiant

Ancestry of “uhmainen”, step by step

uhmainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish uhma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuhmadefiance
2Proto-Finnicuhma

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen
Every word from Proto-Finnic uhmaEvery word from Finnish uhma