Where does “kiljahtaa” come from?

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

kiljahtaa (Finnish): to cry let out a high-pitched, loud sound

Definitions

  1. to cry let out a high-pitched, loud sound

Ancestry of “kiljahtaa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kiljahtaa”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta- →Every word from Finnish -ähtää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak →