Where does “hahatus” come from?
hahatus (Finnish) comes from Finnish hähättää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
hahatus (Finnish): loud laugh, guffaw
Definitions
- loud laugh, guffaw
Ancestry of “hahatus”, step by step
hahatus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish hähättää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hähättää | to laugh in a cruel or jeering manner |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |