Where does “kirskahdus” come from?

kirskahdus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirskahtaa, from Finnish -ähtää, from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak, from Proto-Uralic -ašta-.

kirskahdus (Finnish): screech

Definitions

  1. screech

Ancestry of “kirskahdus”, step by step

kirskahdus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kirskahtaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirskahtaato screech
2Finnish-ähtääFront vowel variant of -ahtaa
3Proto-Finnic-ahtadakForms momentane verbs
4Proto-Uralic-ašta-—

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta- →Every word from Finnish -ähtää →Every word from Finnish kirskahtaa →