Where does “raskasvaahto” come from?

raskasvaahto (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaahto, from Proto-Finnic vakto, from Proto-Germanic þwahtuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

raskasvaahto (Finnish): low expansion foam

Definitions

  1. low expansion foam

Ancestry of “raskasvaahto”, step by step

raskasvaahto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vaahto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaahtofoam; head; mousse
2Proto-Finnicvaktofoam
3Proto-Germanicþwahtuzwashing, laundry
4Proto-Germanic-þuzForms result nouns from verb roots, usually from...
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Finnish raskas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishraskasheavy; hard, laborious, strenuous, gruelling;...
2Proto-Finnicraskasheavy, weighty
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Proto-Germanic -þuz →Every word from Proto-Germanic þwahtuz →
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