Where does “pärähdys” come from?

pärähdys (Finnish) comes from Finnish pärähtää, from Finnish parkua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.

pärähdys (Finnish): buzz, ring brief sound

Definitions

  1. buzz, ring brief sound

Ancestry of “pärähdys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpärähtääto buzz or ring once or suddenly
2FinnishparkuaTo bawl, blubber, cry loudly
3Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs
Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäk →Every word from Finnish -ua →Every word from Finnish parkua →
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