Where does “sälähtää” come from?

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

sälähtää (Finnish): to clang sharply as of shattering glass

Definitions

  1. to clang sharply as of shattering glass

Ancestry of “sälähtää”, step by step

sälähtää 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 sälistä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsälistä—

Words derived from “sälähtää”

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