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Where does “naksahdella” come from?

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

naksahdella (Finnish): to click or snap repeatedly

Definitions

  1. to click or snap repeatedly

Ancestry of “naksahdella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishnaksahtaaTo click, snap
2Finnish-ähtääFront vowel variant of -ahtaa
3Proto-Finnic-ahtadak—
4Proto-Uralic-ašta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta- →