Where does “vihjaus” come from?
vihjaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish vihjata, from Finnish -ätä, from Finnish -tä, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.
vihjaus (Finnish): An insinuation, implication or innuendo
Definitions
- An insinuation, implication or innuendo
Ancestry of “vihjaus”, step by step
vihjaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vihjata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vihjata | to suggest, to imply, to insinuate; to hint to or... |
| 2 | Finnish | -ätä | Front vowel variant of -ata |
| 3 | Finnish | -tä | Front vowel variant of -ta |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | Partitive ending |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | from |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |