Where does “mölähtää” come from?

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

mölähtää (Finnish): to bellow to utter a short low-pitch sound that resembles the roar of a bull

Definitions

  1. to bellow to utter a short low-pitch sound that resembles the roar of a bull

Ancestry of “mölähtää”, step by step

mölähtää 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 möly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmölynoise
2FinnishmölistäTo make noise producing (intentionally) unclear phonemes

Words derived from “mölähtää”

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