Where does “hukkahus” come from?

hukkahus (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian hukkahua, from Ingrian -ua, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

hukkahus (Ingrian): loss

Definitions

  1. loss

Ancestry of “hukkahus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianhukkahuato disappear
2Ingrian-uaUsed to form inchoative verbs
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →