Where does “tihkuta” come from?

tihkuta (Finnish) comes from Finnish tihku, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

tihkuta (Finnish): To drizzle

Definitions

  1. To drizzle

Ancestry of “tihkuta”, step by step

tihkuta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tihku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtihkudrizzle
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 tihku →