Where does “koheltaa” come from?

koheltaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.

koheltaa (Finnish): to bustle; Third-person singular indicative...

Definitions

  1. to bustle; Third-person singular indicative...

Ancestry of “koheltaa”, step by step

koheltaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish taa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
2Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
3Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
4Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

via Finnish kohelo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoheloa clumsy person

Words derived from “koheltaa”

Every word from Proto-Uralic taka →Every word from Proto-Finnic taka →Every word from Finnish taka →