Where does “huuhtouma” come from?

huuhtouma (Finnish) comes from Finnish -uma, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

huuhtouma (Finnish): washout erosion of a relatively soft surface by a sudden gush of water

Definitions

  1. washout erosion of a relatively soft surface by a sudden gush of water

Ancestry of “huuhtouma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-umaVariant of -ma; forms passive action/result nouns...
2Finnish-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix...
3Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
4Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ma →Every word from Finnish -uma →