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Where does “jyrkentää” come from?

jyrkentää (Finnish) comes from Finnish jyrkkä, from Proto-Finnic jürkkä.

jyrkentää (Finnish): to steepen

Definitions

  1. to steepen

Ancestry of “jyrkentää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjyrkkästeep, abrupt; strict; radical
2Proto-Finnicjürkkä—

Words derived from “jyrkentää”

  • jyrkentyä
Every word from Proto-Finnic jürkkä →