Where does “lysähtää” come from?

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

lysähtää (Finnish): to slump (down), to plop, to fall down limply

Definitions

  1. to slump (down), to plop, to fall down limply

Ancestry of “lysähtää”, step by step

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