Where does “kohaus” come from?

kohaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kohahtaa, from Finnish -ähtää, from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak, from Proto-Uralic -ašta-.

Ancestry of “kohaus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkohahtaato murmur shortly, like an audience as a reaction...
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 kohahtaa →