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Where does “romahtaa” come from?

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

romahtaa (Finnish): to collapse, crash down, come down, tumble down,...

Definitions

  1. to collapse, crash down, come down, tumble down,...

Ancestry of “romahtaa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “romahtaa”

  • romahdus
  • romahdella
  • romahduttaa
  • pörssiromahdus
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