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Where does “naurahdella” come from?

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

naurahdella (Finnish): To utter short bursts of laughter

Definitions

  1. To utter short bursts of laughter

Ancestry of “naurahdella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishnaurahtaaTo utter a laughter
2Finnish-ähtääFront vowel variant of -ahtaa
3Proto-Finnic-ahtadak—
4Proto-Uralic-ašta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta- →