Where does “höpsähtävä” come from?

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

höpsähtävä (Finnish): slightly crazy or batty, often due to early stages of senility

Definitions

  1. slightly crazy or batty, often due to early stages of senility

Ancestry of “höpsähtävä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhöpsähtääto go crazy, go senile
2Finnish-ähtääFront vowel variant of -ahtaa
3Proto-Finnic-ahtadakForms momentane verbs
4Proto-Uralic-ašta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta- →Every word from Finnish -ähtää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak →
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