Where does “kajaus” come from?
kajaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kajahtaa, from Finnish kaikua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.
kajaus (Finnish): a reverberating blow or hit
Definitions
- a reverberating blow or hit
Ancestry of “kajaus”, step by step
kajaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kajahtaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kajahtaa | to echo, ring out, sound |
| 2 | Finnish | kaikua | to echo, reverberate; Partitive singular form... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ua | Forms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -üdäk | Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |