Where does “viuhahdus” come from?
viuhahdus (Finnish) comes from Finnish viuhahtaa, from Finnish viuhua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.
viuhahdus (Finnish): zip, whish; nude run
Definitions
- zip, whish; nude run
Ancestry of “viuhahdus”, step by step
viuhahdus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish viuhahtaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viuhahtaa | to swoosh; to streak |
| 2 | Finnish | viuhua | to swoosh, to swish |
| 3 | Finnish | -ua | Forms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -üdäk | Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |