Where does “lonksahtaa” come from?

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

lonksahtaa (Finnish): to grate or snap once, to make a sound akin to something detaching and attaching

Definitions

  1. to grate or snap once, to make a sound akin to something detaching and attaching

Ancestry of “lonksahtaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ähtääFront vowel variant of -ahtaa
2Proto-Finnic-ahtadakForms momentane verbs
3Proto-Uralic-ašta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta- →Every word from Finnish -ähtää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak →