Where does “kimmahtaa” come from?
kimmahtaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish kimmota, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.
kimmahtaa (Finnish): to bounce back, to bounce off, to rebound, to...
Definitions
- to bounce back, to bounce off, to rebound, to...
Ancestry of “kimmahtaa”, step by step
kimmahtaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kimmota
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kimmota | to be elastic/springy/resilient; to snap, spring... |
| 2 | Finnish | -ta | A suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | Partitive ending |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | from |
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 “kimmahtaa”