Where does “itsesytyntä” come from?

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

itsesytyntä (Finnish): spontaneous combustion, autoignition, autocombustion

Definitions

  1. spontaneous combustion, autoignition, autocombustion

Ancestry of “itsesytyntä”, step by step

itsesytyntä 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 sytyntä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsytyntä—
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs
Every word from Hebrew יצחק →Every word from Proto-Finnic icek →Every word from Finnish itse →
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