Where does “kapsahtaa” come from?

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

kapsahtaa (Finnish): to fall down, to plummet

Definitions

  1. to fall down, to plummet

Ancestry of “kapsahtaa”, step by step

kapsahtaa 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 kapsaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkapsaaTo clop

Words derived from “kapsahtaa”

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