Where does “kärähtää” come from?
kärähtää (Finnish) comes from Finnish kärytä, from Finnish käry, from Finnish käristä, from Finnish -ista — Forms frequentative verbs.
kärähtää (Finnish): to scorch, to become charred; to get caught, get...
Definitions
- to scorch, to become charred; to get caught, get...
Ancestry of “kärähtää”, step by step
kärähtää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kärytä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kärytä | to smoke, to smell like a fire; to get caught;... |
| 2 | Finnish | käry | the smell of burning; the act of someone being... |
| 3 | Finnish | käristä | to crackle; Indicative present connegative form... |
| 4 | Finnish | -ista | Forms frequentative verbs |
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 |
Words derived from “kärähtää”