Where does “naurahdus” come from?

naurahdus (Finnish) comes from Finnish naurahtaa, from Finnish -ähtää, from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak, from Proto-Uralic -ašta-.

naurahdus (Finnish): laugh

Definitions

  1. laugh

Ancestry of “naurahdus”, step by step

naurahdus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish naurahtaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishnaurahtaaTo utter a laughter
2Finnish-ähtääFront vowel variant of -ahtaa
3Proto-Finnic-ahtadakForms momentane verbs
4Proto-Uralic-ašta-—

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta- →Every word from Finnish -ähtää →Every word from Finnish naurahtaa →