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Where does “järähtää” come from?

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

järähtää (Finnish): to crack, clap; quake, shake

Definitions

  1. to crack, clap; quake, shake

Ancestry of “järähtää”, step by step

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

Words derived from “järähtää”

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