Where does “revähtää” come from?
revähtää (Finnish) comes from Finnish ahtaa, from Proto-Finnic aktadak, from Proto-Uralic ëkta- — to hang up.
revähtää (Finnish): to rupture, to be torn; to be torn
Definitions
- to rupture, to be torn; to be torn
Ancestry of “revähtää”, step by step
revähtää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ahtaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ahtaa | to cram, stuff, fill, pack full; to supercharge;... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | aktadak | to hang up, especially traps; grain to dry in a... |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | ëkta- | to hang up |
via Finnish revetä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | revetä | to rupture, rip, tear; to burst out laughing |
| 2 | Finnish | repiä | To tear, shred, rip |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | repidäk | to tear, to rip |
Words derived from “revähtää”