Where does “-aus” come from?

-aus (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ähtää, from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak, from Proto-Uralic -ašta-.

Ancestry of “-aus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ähtääFront vowel variant of -ahtaa
2Proto-Finnic-ahtadakForms momentane verbs
3Proto-Uralic-ašta-

Words derived from “-aus

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta-Every word from Finnish -ähtääEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak