Where does “vaahto” come from?

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

vaahto (Finnish): foam; head; mousse

Definitions

  1. foam; head; mousse

Ancestry of “vaahto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicvaktofoam
2Proto-Germanicþwahtuzwashing, laundry
3Proto-Germanic-þuzForms result nouns from verb roots, usually from...
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “vaahto”

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