Where does “pärähtää” come from?

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

pärähtää (Finnish): to buzz or ring once or suddenly

Definitions

  1. to buzz or ring once or suddenly

Ancestry of “pärähtää”, step by step

pärähtää traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish parkua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishparkuaTo bawl, blubber, cry loudly
2Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs

via Finnish ahtaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishahtaato cram, stuff, fill, pack full; to supercharge;...
2Proto-Finnicaktadakto hang up, especially traps; grain to dry in a...
3Proto-Uralicëkta-to hang up

via Finnish päristä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäristäto buzz, rattle; Indicative present connegative...
2Finnish-istaForms frequentative verbs

Words derived from “pärähtää”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäk →Every word from Finnish -ua →Every word from Finnish parkua →
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