Where does “tuulahdus” come from?

tuulahdus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuulahtaa, from Finnish -ähtää, from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak, from Proto-Uralic -ašta-.

tuulahdus (Finnish): whiff, waft, breeze, gust

Definitions

  1. whiff, waft, breeze, gust

Ancestry of “tuulahdus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuulahtaato waft, to blow usually once and/or suddenly
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 tuulahtaa →