Where does “kiehahdus” come from?

kiehahdus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiehahtaa, from Finnish -ähtää, from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak, from Proto-Uralic -ašta-.

kiehahdus (Finnish): a brief boil

Definitions

  1. a brief boil

Ancestry of “kiehahdus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiehahtaato boil briefly
2Finnish-ähtääFront vowel variant of -ahtaa
3Proto-Finnic-ahtadakForms momentane verbs
4Proto-Uralic-ašta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta- →Every word from Finnish -ähtää →Every word from Finnish kiehahtaa →