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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; to have a chance or risk of doing ,...
3Finnishuhkathreat; threat, risk
4Proto-Finnicuhka—
Every word from Proto-Finnic uhka →