Where does “järkyttyä” come from?
järkyttyä (Finnish) comes from Finnish järkyttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
järkyttyä (Finnish): To become distraught, upset
Definitions
- To become distraught, upset
Ancestry of “järkyttyä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | järkyttää | to shock, to shake, to take aback |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
Words derived from “järkyttyä”