Where does “molskina” come from?

molskina (Finnish) comes from Finnish molskia, from Finnish molskahtaa, from Finnish -ähtää, from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak, from Proto-Uralic -ašta-.

molskina (Finnish): splash

Definitions

  1. splash

Ancestry of “molskina”, step by step

molskina traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish molskia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmolskiato splash repeatedly
2Finnishmolskahtaato splash
3Finnish-ähtääFront vowel variant of -ahtaa
4Proto-Finnic-ahtadakForms momentane verbs
5Proto-Uralic-ašta-—

via Finnish nä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnä—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta- →Every word from Finnish -ähtää →Every word from Finnish molskahtaa →