Where does “liukahtaa” come from?

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

liukahtaa (Finnish): to slip suddenly

Definitions

  1. to slip suddenly

Ancestry of “liukahtaa”, step by step

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