Where does “vaahdoke” come from?

vaahdoke (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaahdota, from Finnish vaahto, from Proto-Finnic vakto, from Proto-Germanic þwahtuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

vaahdoke (Finnish): froth, foam

Definitions

  1. froth, foam

Ancestry of “vaahdoke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaahdotato foam, froth; to spurge; to vapor
2Finnishvaahtofoam; head; mousse
3Proto-Finnicvaktofoam
4Proto-Germanicþwahtuzwashing, laundry
5Proto-Germanic-þuzForms result nouns from verb roots, usually from...
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “vaahdoke”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Proto-Germanic -þuz →Every word from Proto-Germanic þwahtuz →
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