Etymology Explorer › Finnish

Where does “leyhähtää” come from?

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

leyhähtää (Finnish): to waft

Definitions

  1. to waft

Ancestry of “leyhähtää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ähtääFront vowel variant of -ahtaa
2Proto-Finnic-ahtadak—
3Proto-Uralic-ašta-—

Words derived from “leyhähtää”

  • leyhähdellä
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta- →