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Where does “örähtely” come from?

örähtely (Finnish) comes from Finnish örähdellä, from Finnish örähtää, from Finnish ahtaa, from Proto-Finnic aktadak, from Proto-Uralic ëkta- — to hang up.

örähtely (Finnish): grunting

Definitions

  1. grunting

Ancestry of “örähtely”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishörähdelläto grunt
2Finnishörähtääto grunt
3Finnishahtaato cram, stuff, fill, pack full; to supercharge;...
4Proto-Finnicaktadakto hang up, especially traps; grain to dry in a...
5Proto-Uralicëkta-to hang up
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