Where does “vihmin” come from?
vihmin (Finnish) comes from Finnish vihmoa, from Finnish -öä, from Proto-Finnic -odak, from Proto-Uralic -w-.
vihmin (Finnish): aspergillum
Ancestry of “vihmin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vihmoa | to drizzle and blow simultaneously |
| 2 | Finnish | -öä | Front vowel variant of -oa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -odak | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -w- | — |