Where does “puhkunta” come from?

puhkunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish puhkua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.

puhkunta (Finnish): blowing, puffing

Definitions

  1. blowing, puffing

Ancestry of “puhkunta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuhkuato huff, blow
2Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs
Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäk →Every word from Finnish -ua →Every word from Finnish puhkua →
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