Where does “säpsähtää” come from?

säpsähtää (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ähtää, from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak, from Proto-Uralic -ašta-.

säpsähtää (Finnish): to flinch, cringe

Definitions

  1. to flinch, cringe

Ancestry of “säpsähtää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ähtääFront vowel variant of -ahtaa
2Proto-Finnic-ahtadakForms momentane verbs
3Proto-Uralic-ašta-—

Words derived from “säpsähtää”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta- →Every word from Finnish -ähtää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak →