Where does “itsesäätyvä” come from?

itsesäätyvä (Finnish) comes from Finnish itse, from Proto-Finnic icek, from Hebrew יצחק — to laugh.

itsesäätyvä (Finnish): self-regulating, self-adjusting, self-steering

Definitions

  1. self-regulating, self-adjusting, self-steering

Ancestry of “itsesäätyvä”, step by step

itsesäätyvä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish itse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishitseoneself; used to emphasize the person of the head...
2Proto-Finnicicekself
3Hebrewיצחקto laugh

via Finnish säätyvä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsäätyvä
Every word from Hebrew יצחקEvery word from Proto-Finnic icekEvery word from Finnish itse