Where does “sykähtää” come from?

sykähtää (Finnish) comes from Finnish sykkiä, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.

sykähtää (Finnish): to beat (once) of the heart

Definitions

  1. to beat (once) of the heart

Ancestry of “sykähtää”, step by step

sykähtää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sykkiä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsykkiäto pulse, pulsate; to beat, throb; to be aroused
2Finnish-iaForms primarily transitive verbs describing...
3Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
4Proto-Uralic-j-

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

Words derived from “sykähtää

Every word from Proto-Uralic -j-Every word from Finnish -iaEvery word from Proto-Finnic -idak