Where does “viuhahtaa” come from?
viuhahtaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish viuhua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.
viuhahtaa (Finnish): to swoosh; to streak
Ancestry of “viuhahtaa”, step by step
viuhahtaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish viuhua
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viuhua | to swoosh, to swish |
| 2 | Finnish | -ua | Forms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -üdäk | Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs |
via Finnish ahtaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ahtaa | to cram, stuff, fill, pack full; to supercharge;... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | aktadak | to hang up, especially traps; grain to dry in a... |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | ëkta- | to hang up |
Words derived from “viuhahtaa”