Where does “turaus” come from?

turaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish turahtaa, from Finnish -ähtää, from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak, from Proto-Uralic -ašta-.

turaus (Finnish): small amount of something

Definitions

  1. small amount of something

Ancestry of “turaus”, step by step

turaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish turahtaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishturahtaato toot make a tooting sound
2Finnish-ähtääFront vowel variant of -ahtaa
3Proto-Finnic-ahtadakForms momentane verbs
4Proto-Uralic-ašta-—

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta- →Every word from Finnish -ähtää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak →