Where does “ruiskaus” come from?
ruiskaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruiskahtaa, from Finnish -ähtää, from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak, from Proto-Uralic -ašta-.
Ancestry of “ruiskaus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ruiskahtaa | to splatter or splash quickly, to squirt of small amounts of liquid |
| 2 | Finnish | -ähtää | Front vowel variant of -ahtaa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ahtadak | Forms momentane verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ašta- | — |