Where does “ulvaista” come from?

ulvaista (Finnish) comes from Finnish ulvoa, from Proto-Finnic ulvodak — to howl.

ulvaista (Finnish): to yelp

Definitions

  1. to yelp

Ancestry of “ulvaista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishulvoato howl; Partitive singular form of ulvo
2Proto-Finniculvodakto howl
Every word from Proto-Finnic ulvodak →Every word from Finnish ulvoa →