Where does “tuikahdus” come from?

tuikahdus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuikahtaa, from Finnish -ähtää, from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak, from Proto-Uralic -ašta-.

tuikahdus (Finnish): twinkle, glint brief shine

Definitions

  1. twinkle, glint brief shine

Ancestry of “tuikahdus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuikahtaato glint, gleam, flash shine briefly
2Finnish-ähtääFront vowel variant of -ahtaa
3Proto-Finnic-ahtadakForms momentane verbs
4Proto-Uralic-ašta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta- →Every word from Finnish -ähtää →Every word from Finnish tuikahtaa →