Where does “kohahtaa” come from?

kohahtaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish kohota, from Proto-Finnic kohot'ak — to rise, to go up.

kohahtaa (Finnish): to murmur shortly, like an audience as a reaction...

Definitions

  1. to murmur shortly, like an audience as a reaction...

Ancestry of “kohahtaa”, step by step

kohahtaa traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kohota

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkohotato rise; to stand, tower over
2Proto-Finnickohot'akto rise, to go up

via Finnish köhistä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishköhistäTo rasp

via Ingrian köhä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianköhäcough

Words derived from “kohahtaa”

Every word from Proto-Finnic kohot'ak →Every word from Finnish kohota →