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Where does “nurjahdus” come from?

nurjahdus (Finnish) comes from Finnish nurjahtaa, from Finnish -ähtää, from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak, from Proto-Uralic -ašta-.

nurjahdus (Finnish): buckling; Action of the verb nurjahtaa

Definitions

  1. buckling; Action of the verb nurjahtaa

Ancestry of “nurjahdus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnurjahtaato buckle
2Finnish-ähtääFront vowel variant of -ahtaa
3Proto-Finnic-ahtadak—
4Proto-Uralic-ašta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta- →