Where does “hytkähtää” come from?

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

hytkähtää (Finnish): to twitch, to jolt

Definitions

  1. to twitch, to jolt

Ancestry of “hytkähtää”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hytkähtää”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta- →Every word from Finnish -ähtää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak →
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