Where does “vihmoittaa” come from?

vihmoittaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish vihmoa, from Finnish -öä, from Proto-Finnic -odak, from Proto-Uralic -w-.

vihmoittaa (Finnish): to turn into a drizzle

Definitions

  1. to turn into a drizzle

Ancestry of “vihmoittaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvihmoato drizzle and blow simultaneously
2Finnish-öäFront vowel variant of -oa
3Proto-Finnic-odakForms some verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w-—

Words derived from “vihmoittaa”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -w- →Every word from Finnish -öä →Every word from Proto-Finnic -odak →