Where does “uhkaus” come from?

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

uhkaus (Finnish): threat

Definitions

  1. threat

Ancestry of “uhkaus”, step by step

uhkaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish uhata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuhatato threaten menace, be dangerous (to)
2Finnishuhkathreat; threat, risk
3Proto-Finnicuhka—

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “uhkaus”

Every word from Proto-Finnic uhka →Every word from Finnish uhka →Every word from Finnish uhata →