Where does “ruhjoa” come from?

ruhjoa (Finnish) comes from Finnish -oa, from Proto-Finnic -odak, from Proto-Uralic -w-.

ruhjoa (Finnish): to mangle, mutilate

Definitions

  1. to mangle, mutilate

Ancestry of “ruhjoa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-oaForms frequentative verbs, primarily from nouns...
2Proto-Finnic-odakForms some verbs
3Proto-Uralic-w-—

Words derived from “ruhjoa”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -w- →Every word from Finnish -oa →Every word from Proto-Finnic -odak →
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