Where does “ampumahauta” come from?
ampumahauta (Finnish) comes from Finnish ampua, from Proto-Finnic ampudak, from Proto-Finno-Permic ampɜ-.
ampumahauta (Finnish): trench
Ancestry of “ampumahauta”, step by step
ampumahauta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ampua
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ampua | To shoot |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | ampudak | to shoot |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | ampɜ- | — |
via Finnish hauta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hauta | grave, tomb; trench; kiln, in the compound term... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | sauþaz | boiling; seething; wellspring; fountain; source;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂sewt- | to roil; to move about, roil, seethe |
Words derived from “ampumahauta”