Where does “vaahtoava” come from?

vaahtoava (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.

vaahtoava (Finnish): foaming; Present active participle of vaahdota

Definitions

  1. foaming; Present active participle of vaahdota

Ancestry of “vaahtoava”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Proto-Germanic -þuz →Every word from Proto-Germanic þwahtuz →