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Where does “naurukohtaus” come from?

naurukohtaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kohtaus, from Finnish kohdata, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä.

naurukohtaus (Finnish): a fit of laughter

Definitions

  1. a fit of laughter

Ancestry of “naurukohtaus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkohtausfit; attack; seizure; fit, spell; fit, frenzy
2Finnishkohdatato meet with, encounter; to undergo, experience,...
3Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-ta—
5Proto-Uralic-tä
Every word from Proto-Uralic -tä →