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

romahtaa 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 romista

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishromistaSynonym of rämistä
2Finnishsko—

Words derived from “romahtaa”

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