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Where does “värähdellä” come from?

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

värähdellä (Finnish): to vibrate; to ripple; to oscillate

Definitions

  1. to vibrate; to ripple; to oscillate

Ancestry of “värähdellä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvärähtääto vibrate or twitch ; to jolt somewhat
2Finnishahtaato cram, stuff, fill, pack full; to supercharge;...
3Proto-Finnicaktadakto hang up, especially traps; grain to dry in a...
4Proto-Uralicëkta-to hang up

Words derived from “värähdellä”

  • värähtely
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