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Where does “lohkaista” come from?

lohkaista (Finnish) comes from Finnish -aista, from Finnish -ita, from Proto-Finnic -it'ak.

lohkaista (Finnish): to split, chip off; to remove; to crack

Definitions

  1. to split, chip off; to remove; to crack

Ancestry of “lohkaista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-aistaForms momentane verbs
2Finnish-itaForms instrumental verbs from nouns; Forms some...
3Proto-Finnic-it'ak—

Words derived from “lohkaista”

  • lohkaiseminen
Every word from Proto-Finnic -it'ak →