Where does “kupsahtaa” come from?
kupsahtaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ahtaa, from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak, from Proto-Uralic -ašta-.
kupsahtaa (Finnish): to fall, tumble
Ancestry of “kupsahtaa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | -ahtaa | Forms momentane or semelfactive verbs |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | -ahtadak | — |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | -ašta- | — |