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Where does “vaahdottaa” come from?

vaahdottaa (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.

vaahdottaa (Finnish): to froth

Definitions

  1. to froth

Ancestry of “vaahdottaa”, 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 “vaahdottaa”

  • vaahdote
  • vaahdotin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →