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Where does “vyyhti” come from?

vyyhti (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finno-Ugric *viühti, from Proto-Germanic wiftiz, from Proto-Germanic webaną, from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- — to weave, braid.

vyyhti (Finnish): skein; a tangle, a complex weave; Third-person...

Definitions

  1. skein; a tangle, a complex weave; Third-person...

Ancestry of “vyyhti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finno-Ugric*viühti—
2Proto-Germanicwiftizweaving
3Proto-Germanicwebanąto weave
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwebʰ-to weave, braid

Words derived from “vyyhti”

  • vyyhdetä
  • ongelmavyyhti
  • vyyhtiä
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