Where does “yskähdys” come from?

yskähdys (Finnish) comes from Finnish yskähtää, from Finnish -ähtää, from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak, from Proto-Uralic -ašta-.

yskähdys (Finnish): cough

Definitions

  1. cough

Ancestry of “yskähdys”, step by step

yskähdys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yskähtää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishyskähtääTo cough
2Finnish-ähtääFront vowel variant of -ahtaa
3Proto-Finnic-ahtadakForms momentane verbs
4Proto-Uralic-ašta-—

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta- →Every word from Finnish -ähtää →Every word from Finnish yskähtää →