Where does “uhkailu” come from?

uhkailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish uhkailla, from Finnish uhata, from Finnish uhka, from Proto-Finnic uhka.

uhkailu (Finnish): threatening

Definitions

  1. threatening

Ancestry of “uhkailu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuhkaillato threaten
2Finnishuhatato threaten menace, be dangerous (to)
3Finnishuhkathreat; threat, risk
4Proto-Finnicuhka—
Every word from Proto-Finnic uhka →Every word from Finnish uhka →Every word from Finnish uhata →