Where does “vavahtelu” come from?
vavahtelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish vavahdella, from Finnish vavahtaa, from Finnish ahtaa, from Proto-Finnic aktadak, from Proto-Uralic ëkta- — to hang up.
vavahtelu (Finnish): tremor
Definitions
- tremor
Ancestry of “vavahtelu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vavahdella | to shake, tremble |
| 2 | Finnish | vavahtaa | to shake |
| 3 | Finnish | ahtaa | to cram, stuff, fill, pack full; to supercharge;... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | aktadak | to hang up, especially traps; grain to dry in a... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | ëkta- | to hang up |