Where does “niiskaus” come from?

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

niiskaus (Finnish): (brief) sniffle

Definitions

  1. (brief) sniffle

Ancestry of “niiskaus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishniiskahtaato sniffle or sniff (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 niiskahtaa →