Where does “olankohautus” come from?
olankohautus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kohautus, from Finnish kohauttaa, from Finnish -uttaa, from Ingrian -ua, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
olankohautus (Finnish): shrug
Definitions
- shrug
Ancestry of “olankohautus”, step by step
olankohautus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kohautus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kohautus | quick lift; shrugging |
| 2 | Finnish | kohauttaa | to cause to murmur shortly, as an audience; to... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uttaa | aivastaa + API → aivastuttaa; rakentaa + API →... |
| 4 | Ingrian | -ua | Used to form inchoative verbs |
| 5 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |