Where does “vihjailu” come from?

vihjailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish vihjailla, from Finnish vihjata, from Finnish -ätä, from Finnish -tä, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

vihjailu (Finnish): suggesting, implying

Definitions

  1. suggesting, implying

Ancestry of “vihjailu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvihjaillato suggest, imply
2Finnishvihjatato suggest, to imply, to insinuate; to hint to or...
3Finnish-ätäFront vowel variant of -ata
4Finnish-täFront vowel variant of -ta
5Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
6Proto-Uralic-täfrom
Every word from Proto-Uralic -tä →Every word from Finnish -ätä →Every word from Finnish -tä →