Where does “hohotus” come from?

hohotus (Finnish) comes from Finnish höhöttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

hohotus (Finnish): guffaw

Definitions

  1. guffaw

Ancestry of “hohotus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhöhöttääto guffaw with a coarse voice, in a funny or silly way
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “hohotus”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →