Where does “ahmaista” come from?

ahmaista (Finnish) comes from Finnish ahma, from Proto-Finnic ahma — glutton (one who eats voraciously).

ahmaista (Finnish): to wolf down, eat quickly, gulp, gobble, hog,...

Definitions

  1. to wolf down, eat quickly, gulp, gobble, hog,...

Ancestry of “ahmaista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishahmawolverine, glutton
2Proto-Finnicahmaglutton (one who eats voraciously)

Words derived from “ahmaista

Every word from Proto-Finnic ahmaEvery word from Finnish ahma