Where does “kihahtaa” come from?

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

kihahtaa (Finnish): to hiss, sizzle briefly; to give a quick hissing sound, like that of water spilled on something very hot

Definitions

  1. to hiss, sizzle briefly; to give a quick hissing sound, like that of water spilled on something very hot

Ancestry of “kihahtaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkihotato exude; to ooze
2Finnishtäwhat
3FinnishmitäPartitive singular form of mikä; Partitive...

Words derived from “kihahtaa”

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