Where does “vihjaista” come from?

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

vihjaista (Finnish): To hint

Definitions

  1. To hint

Ancestry of “vihjaista”, step by step

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