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Where does “huurtaa” come from?

huurtaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.

huurtaa (Finnish): To frost, fog up; Third-person singular...

Definitions

  1. To frost, fog up; Third-person singular...

Ancestry of “huurtaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
2Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
3Proto-Finnictaka—
4Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

Words derived from “huurtaa”

  • huurtua
  • huurre
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