Where does “hihkaisu” come from?

hihkaisu (Finnish) comes from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

hihkaisu (Finnish): shouting shrilly, shrieking, calling out

Definitions

  1. shouting shrilly, shrieking, calling out

Ancestry of “hihkaisu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
2Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →