Where does “röhähtää” come from?

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

röhähtää (Finnish): to make a low rasping sound once

Definitions

  1. to make a low rasping sound once

Ancestry of “röhähtää”, step by step

röhähtää 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 röhistä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishröhistäto make a low rasping sound
2Finnish-istaForms frequentative verbs

Words derived from “röhähtää”

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