Where does “pöllähtää” come from?
pöllähtää (Finnish) comes from Finnish pöllytä, from Finnish tä, from Finnish mitä — Partitive singular form of mikä; Partitive...
pöllähtää (Finnish): to billow, to puff
Ancestry of “pöllähtää”, step by step
pöllähtää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pöllytä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pöllytä | to float; Indicative present connegative form of... |
| 2 | Finnish | tä | what |
| 3 | Finnish | mitä | Partitive singular form of mikä; Partitive... |
via Finnish ahtaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ahtaa | to cram, stuff, fill, pack full; to supercharge;... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | aktadak | to hang up, especially traps; grain to dry in a... |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | ëkta- | to hang up |
Words derived from “pöllähtää”