Where does “kaihota” come from?

kaihota (Finnish) comes from Finnish tä, from Finnish mitä — Partitive singular form of mikä; Partitive...

kaihota (Finnish): To long, yearn

Definitions

  1. To long, yearn

Ancestry of “kaihota”, step by step

kaihota traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtäwhat
2FinnishmitäPartitive singular form of mikä; Partitive...

via Finnish kaiho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaihohopeless longing, saudade
2Proto-Finnickaihoharm, damage, loss

Words derived from “kaihota”

Every word from Finnish mitä →Every word from Finnish tä →