Where does “tömähtää” come from?

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

tömähtää (Finnish): to thump, thud

Definitions

  1. to thump, thud

Ancestry of “tömähtää”, step by step

tömähtää 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 tömistä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtömistäto thud, to clump, to thunder

Words derived from “tömähtää

Every word from Proto-Uralic ëkta-Every word from Proto-Finnic aktadakEvery word from Finnish ahtaa