Where does “hanoin” come from?

hanoin (Tetum) comes from Finnish noin, from Finnish nuo, from Proto-Finnic noo, from Proto-Uralic no.

hanoin (Tetum): thought; idea

Definitions

  1. thought; idea

Ancestry of “hanoin”, step by step

hanoin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish noin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnoinabout, some, around; so, in that way, like that;...
2Finnishnuothose
3Proto-Finnicnoothose distal?
4Proto-Uralicno—

via Tetum ha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tetumha—
Every word from Proto-Uralic no →Every word from Proto-Finnic noo →Every word from Finnish nuo →