Where does “viuhahtelija” come from?

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

viuhahtelija (Finnish): streaker

Definitions

  1. streaker

Ancestry of “viuhahtelija”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviuhahdella
2Finnishviuhahtaato swoosh; to streak
3Finnishviuhuato swoosh, to swish
4Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
5Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs
Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäkEvery word from Finnish -uaEvery word from Finnish viuhua