Where does “mulahtaa” come from?

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

mulahtaa (Finnish): to plop fall into water or a similar liquid

Definitions

  1. to plop fall into water or a similar liquid

Ancestry of “mulahtaa”, step by step

mulahtaa 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 mulata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmulatato splash, splosh

Words derived from “mulahtaa”

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