Where does “mylvähdys” come from?

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

mylvähdys (Finnish): a bellow

Definitions

  1. a bellow

Ancestry of “mylvähdys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmylvähtääto bellow once
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 mylvähtää →