Where does “möhömahainen” come from?

möhömahainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish möhömaha, from Finnish möhöttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

möhömahainen (Finnish): potbellied

Definitions

  1. potbellied

Ancestry of “möhömahainen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmöhömahapotbelly
2Finnishmöhöttääto stay in place especially of a rotund person or large thing
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →