Where does “jämähtää” come from?
jämähtää (Finnish) comes from Finnish jämeä, from Proto-Finnic jämedä, from Proto-Turkic jama- — to patch.
jämähtää (Finnish): to become stiff
Ancestry of “jämähtää”, step by step
jämähtää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish jämeä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jämeä | taut; strong |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | jämedä | stiff, sturdy |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | jama- | to patch |
via Finnish ahtaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ahtaa | to cram, stuff, fill, pack full; to supercharge;... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | aktadak | to hang up, especially traps; grain to dry in a... |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | ëkta- | to hang up |