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Where does “viuhahtaa” come from?

viuhahtaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish viuhua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk.

viuhahtaa (Finnish): to swoosh; to streak

Definitions

  1. to swoosh; to streak

Ancestry of “viuhahtaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviuhuato swoosh, to swish
2Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-üdäk—

Words derived from “viuhahtaa”

  • viuhahdus
  • viuhahtaja
Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäk →