Where does “kumahtaa” come from?

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

kumahtaa (Finnish): to knell; to ring out once with a dull or hollow sound

Definitions

  1. to knell; to ring out once with a dull or hollow sound

Ancestry of “kumahtaa”, step by step

kumahtaa 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 kumea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkumeadull, hollow

Words derived from “kumahtaa”

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