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Where does “ärjyä” come from?

ärjyä (Finnish) comes from Finnish äristä, from Finnish -ista — Forms frequentative verbs.

ärjyä (Finnish): To bellow, holler, roar

Definitions

  1. To bellow, holler, roar

Ancestry of “ärjyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishäristäTo snarl
2Finnish-istaForms frequentative verbs

Words derived from “ärjyä”

  • ärjähtää
  • ärjyntä
  • ärjähdys
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