Where does “nenähengitys” come from?

nenähengitys (Finnish) comes from Finnish hengitys, from Finnish hengittää, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

nenähengitys (Finnish): nasal breathing

Definitions

  1. nasal breathing

Ancestry of “nenähengitys”, step by step

nenähengitys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hengitys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhengitysbreath, breathing
2Finnishhengittääto breathe
3Finnish-ittaaVariant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish nenä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnenänose; rhinarium, nose leather
2Proto-Finnicnenänose
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Finnish -ittaa →