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Where does “purskahtaa” come from?

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

purskahtaa (Finnish): To gush, spurt; ~ nauruun = to burst out...

Definitions

  1. To gush, spurt; ~ nauruun = to burst out...

Ancestry of “purskahtaa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “purskahtaa”

  • purskahdella
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta- →