Where does “niiskahtaa” come from?

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

niiskahtaa (Finnish): to sniffle or sniff (once)

Definitions

  1. to sniffle or sniff (once)

Ancestry of “niiskahtaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ähtääFront vowel variant of -ahtaa
2Proto-Finnic-ahtadakForms momentane verbs
3Proto-Uralic-ašta-—

Words derived from “niiskahtaa”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta- →Every word from Finnish -ähtää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak →