Where does “ahmaisu” come from?

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

ahmaisu (Finnish): gulp

Definitions

  1. gulp

Ancestry of “ahmaisu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishahmaistato wolf down, eat quickly, gulp, gobble, hog,...
2Finnishahmawolverine, glutton
3Proto-Finnicahmaglutton (one who eats voraciously)
Every word from Proto-Finnic ahma →Every word from Finnish ahma →Every word from Finnish ahmaista →