Where does “viuhahtaminen” come from?

viuhahtaminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish viuhahtaa, from Finnish viuhua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.

Ancestry of “viuhahtaminen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviuhahtaato swoosh; to streak
2Finnishviuhuato swoosh, to swish
3Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs
Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäkEvery word from Finnish -uaEvery word from Finnish viuhua
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