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Where does “yskähtää” come from?

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

yskähtää (Finnish): To cough

Definitions

  1. To cough

Ancestry of “yskähtää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ähtääFront vowel variant of -ahtaa
2Proto-Finnic-ahtadak—
3Proto-Uralic-ašta-—

Words derived from “yskähtää”

  • yskähdellä
  • yskähdys
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta- →