Where does “rätkähtää” come from?

rätkähtää (Finnish) comes from Finnish ahtaa, from Proto-Finnic aktadak, from Proto-Uralic ëkta- — to hang up.

rätkähtää (Finnish): to crash (down on), to flop down

Definitions

  1. to crash (down on), to flop down

Ancestry of “rätkähtää”, step by step

rätkähtää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ahtaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishahtaato cram, stuff, fill, pack full; to supercharge;...
2Proto-Finnicaktadakto hang up, especially traps; grain to dry in a...
3Proto-Uralicëkta-to hang up

via Finnish rätkiä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrätkiäto whack, to hit

Words derived from “rätkähtää”

Every word from Proto-Uralic ëkta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic aktadak →Every word from Finnish ahtaa →