Where does “äksyily” come from?
äksyily (Finnish) comes from Finnish äksyillä, from Finnish äksy, from Finnish äkeä, from Finnish -ea, from Proto-Finnic -eda, from Proto-Uralic -eta — A generic adjective marker, attached to roots.
äksyily (Finnish): snapping
Ancestry of “äksyily”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | äksyillä | To snap; Adessive plural form of äksy |
| 2 | Finnish | äksy | cranky, cantankerous |
| 3 | Finnish | äkeä | irascible, irked, irritated, sullen |
| 4 | Finnish | -ea | A suffix for making adjectives from some nouns... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -eda | A generic adjective marker |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -eta | A generic adjective marker, attached to roots |