Where does “haaroa” come from?

haaroa (Finnish) comes from Finnish -öä, from Proto-Finnic -odak, from Proto-Uralic -w-.

haaroa (Finnish): To grow branches; to branch

Definitions

  1. To grow branches; to branch

Ancestry of “haaroa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-öäFront vowel variant of -oa
2Proto-Finnic-odakForms some verbs
3Proto-Uralic-w-—

Words derived from “haaroa”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -w- →Every word from Finnish -öä →Every word from Proto-Finnic -odak →