Where does “tuikahtelu” come from?
tuikahtelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuikahdella, from Finnish tuikahtaa, from Finnish -ähtää, from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak, from Proto-Uralic -ašta-.
tuikahtelu (Finnish): (repeatedly) glinting, gleaming or flashing
Definitions
- (repeatedly) glinting, gleaming or flashing
Ancestry of “tuikahtelu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tuikahdella | — |
| 2 | Finnish | tuikahtaa | to glint, gleam, flash shine briefly |
| 3 | Finnish | -ähtää | Front vowel variant of -ahtaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ahtadak | Forms momentane verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ašta- | — |