Where does “nuohous” come from?

nuohous (Finnish) comes from Finnish nuohota, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

nuohous (Finnish): chimney sweeping

Definitions

  1. chimney sweeping

Ancestry of “nuohous”, step by step

nuohous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nuohota

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishnuohotaTo sweep a chimney
2Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
3Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
4Proto-Uralic-täfrom

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “nuohous”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -tä →Every word from Finnish -ta →Every word from Finnish nuohota →