Where does “puuhata” come from?

puuhata (Finnish) comes from Finnish tä, from Finnish mitä — Partitive singular form of mikä; Partitive...

puuhata (Finnish): To keep busy with

Definitions

  1. To keep busy with

Ancestry of “puuhata”, step by step

puuhata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishwhat
2FinnishmitäPartitive singular form of mikä; Partitive...

via Finnish puuha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuuhachore, work, trouble, undertaking, activity

Words derived from “puuhata

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