Where does “räpsähdys” come from?

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

räpsähdys (Finnish): blinking

Definitions

  1. blinking

Ancestry of “räpsähdys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishräpsähtääto blink
2Finnish-ähtääFront vowel variant of -ahtaa
3Proto-Finnic-ahtadakForms momentane verbs
4Proto-Uralic-ašta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta- →Every word from Finnish -ähtää →Every word from Finnish räpsähtää →