Where does “nykähtää” come from?
nykähtää (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ähtää, from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak, from Proto-Uralic -ašta-.
Ancestry of “nykähtää”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | -ähtää | Front vowel variant of -ahtaa |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | -ahtadak | — |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | -ašta- | — |