Where does “haaskaus” come from?

haaskaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish haaskata, from Finnish haaska, from Finnish haja-, from Proto-Germanic sājan-.

haaskaus (Finnish): wasting

Definitions

  1. wasting

Ancestry of “haaskaus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaaskatato waste
2Finnishhaaskathe carcass of an animal; carcass used as bait...
3Finnishhaja-scattered, dispersed
4Proto-Germanicsājan-—

Words derived from “haaskaus”

Every word from Proto-Germanic sājan- →Every word from Finnish haja- →Every word from Finnish haaska →