Where does “vaimennus” come from?

vaimennus (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaimentaa, from Finnish vaimea, from Proto-Uralic wajŋe — breath.

vaimennus (Finnish): attenuation

Definitions

  1. attenuation

Ancestry of “vaimennus”, step by step

vaimennus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vaimentaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishvaimentaaTo muffle; To stifle; To damp, suppress
2Finnishvaimeamuffled, subdued; uninterested, tepid
3Proto-Uralicwajŋebreath

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “vaimennus”

Every word from Proto-Uralic wajŋe →Every word from Finnish vaimea →Every word from Finnish vaimentaa →