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Where does “jymähdellä” come from?

jymähdellä (Finnish) comes from Finnish jymähtää, from Finnish ahtaa, from Proto-Finnic aktadak, from Proto-Uralic ëkta- — to hang up.

jymähdellä (Finnish): to thud

Definitions

  1. to thud

Ancestry of “jymähdellä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjymähtääto thud
2Finnishahtaato cram, stuff, fill, pack full; to supercharge;...
3Proto-Finnicaktadakto hang up, especially traps; grain to dry in a...
4Proto-Uralicëkta-to hang up
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