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Where does “höngähtää” come from?
höngähtää (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ähtää, from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak, from Proto-Uralic -ašta-.
Ancestry of “höngähtää”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Finnish
-ähtää
Front vowel variant of -ahtaa
2
Proto-Finnic
-ahtadak
Forms momentane verbs
3
Proto-Uralic
-ašta-
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Words derived from “höngähtää”
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