Where does “kukahdus” come from?

kukahdus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kukahtaa, from Finnish -ähtää, from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak, from Proto-Uralic -ašta-.

kukahdus (Finnish): a single cuckoo; cuckooing once

Definitions

  1. a single cuckoo; cuckooing once

Ancestry of “kukahdus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkukahtaato cuckoo once
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 kukahtaa →