Where does “ruikuta” come from?

ruikuta (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruikku, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

ruikuta (Finnish): to excrete watery feces; to have diarrhea

Definitions

  1. to excrete watery feces; to have diarrhea

Ancestry of “ruikuta”, step by step

ruikuta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruikku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruikkuwatery feces
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish tä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtäwhat
2FinnishmitäPartitive singular form of mikä; Partitive...
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish ruikku →
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