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Where does “nurjahtaa” come from?

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

nurjahtaa (Finnish): to buckle

Definitions

  1. to buckle

Ancestry of “nurjahtaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ähtääFront vowel variant of -ahtaa
2Proto-Finnic-ahtadak—
3Proto-Uralic-ašta-—

Words derived from “nurjahtaa”

  • nyrjähtää
  • nurjahdus
  • nyrjäytellä
  • nyrjäyttää
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta- →