Where does “romahdus” come from?

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

romahdus (Finnish): A collapse; A meltdown

Definitions

  1. A collapse; A meltdown

Ancestry of “romahdus”, step by step

romahdus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish romahtaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishromahtaato collapse, crash down, come down, tumble down,...
2Finnishahtaato cram, stuff, fill, pack full; to supercharge;...
3Proto-Finnicaktadakto hang up, especially traps; grain to dry in a...
4Proto-Uralicëkta-to hang up

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “romahdus”

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