Where does “kähähtää” come from?

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

kähähtää (Finnish): to croak something brief utter in a low, hoarse voice

Definitions

  1. to croak something brief utter in a low, hoarse voice

Ancestry of “kähähtää”, step by step

kähähtää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ahtaa

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

via Finnish kähistä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkähistäto croak
2Finnishkäheähoarse

Words derived from “kähähtää”

Every word from Proto-Uralic ëkta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic aktadak →Every word from Finnish ahtaa →