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 — from.

vihje (Finnish): hint

Definitions

  1. hint

Ancestry of “vihje”, step by step

vihje traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vihjata

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

via Finnish e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheE note

Words derived from “vihje”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -tä →Every word from Finnish -ätä →Every word from Finnish -tä →