Where does “vihje” come from?
vihje (Finnish) comes from Finnish vihjata, from Finnish -ätä, from Finnish -tä, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä.
vihje (Finnish): hint
Ancestry of “vihje”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | |