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Where does “yninä” come from?

yninä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ynistä, from Finnish -ista — Forms frequentative verbs.

yninä (Finnish): whine

Definitions

  1. whine

Ancestry of “yninä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishynistäto make a quiet and unclear sound
2Finnish-istaForms frequentative verbs
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