Where does “räpsähtää” come from?

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

räpsähtää (Finnish): to blink

Definitions

  1. to blink

Ancestry of “räpsähtää”, step by step

räpsähtää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish räpsyä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishräpsyäto make a snapping sound like that of cameras taking photos
2Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs

via Finnish rapsaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrapsaato rustle

Words derived from “räpsähtää”

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