Where does “kirskaus” come from?

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

kirskaus (Finnish): screech

Definitions

  1. screech

Ancestry of “kirskaus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirskahtaato screech
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 kirskahtaa →