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Where does “helähtää” come from?

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

helähtää (Finnish): to ting, clang

Definitions

  1. to ting, clang

Ancestry of “helähtää”, step by step

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

Words derived from “helähtää”

  • helähdellä
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta- →