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Where does “ärjyntä” come from?

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

ärjyntä (Finnish): roar, bellow

Definitions

  1. roar, bellow

Ancestry of “ärjyntä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishärjyäTo bellow, holler, roar
2FinnishäristäTo snarl
3Finnish-istaForms frequentative verbs
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