Where does “pehmustaa” come from?

pehmustaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish pehmeä, from Proto-Finnic pehmedä — soft.

pehmustaa (Finnish): to pad

Definitions

  1. to pad

Ancestry of “pehmustaa”, step by step

pehmustaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pehmeä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpehmeäsoft; silky; smooth
2Proto-Finnicpehmedäsoft

via Finnish ustaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishustaa

Words derived from “pehmustaa

Every word from Proto-Finnic pehmedäEvery word from Finnish pehmeä