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

nurjahdus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nurjahtaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnurjahtaato buckle
2Finnish-ähtääFront vowel variant of -ahtaa
3Proto-Finnic-ahtadakForms momentane verbs
4Proto-Uralic-ašta-—

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta- →Every word from Finnish -ähtää →Every word from Finnish nurjahtaa →