Where does “loiskaus” come from?

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

Ancestry of “loiskaus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishloiskahtaato splash once or suddenly
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 loiskahtaa →