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

Every word from Proto-Finnic jürkkäEvery word from Finnish jyrkkä
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