Where does “poukahtaa” come from?

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

poukahtaa (Finnish): to bounce, to spring, to ricochet

Definitions

  1. to bounce, to spring, to ricochet

Ancestry of “poukahtaa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “poukahtaa”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta- →Every word from Finnish -ähtää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak →