Where does “viuhke” come from?
viuhke (Finnish) comes from Finnish viuhkoa, from Finnish viuhka, from Finnish -kkä, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
viuhke (Finnish): swoosh; whoosh
Ancestry of “viuhke”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | viuhkoa | to wave around as a hand fan |
| 2 | Finnish | viuhka | hand fan, fan; fan; luck |
| 3 | Finnish | -kkä | Front vowel variant of -kka |
| 4 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 5 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |