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Where does “jahkata” come from?

jahkata (Finnish) comes from Finnish jahka, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

jahkata (Finnish): to bemoan, complain, regret; to insist, argue...

Definitions

  1. to bemoan, complain, regret; to insist, argue...

Ancestry of “jahkata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjahkaonce, when, as soon as; used to refer to an...
2Finnishjaand; AND
3Proto-Finnicja—
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

Words derived from “jahkata”

  • jahkailla
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