Where does “jyrkentyä” come from?

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

jyrkentyä (Finnish): to steepen

Definitions

  1. to steepen

Ancestry of “jyrkentyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjyrkentääto steepen
2Finnishjyrkkästeep, abrupt; strict; radical
3Proto-Finnicjürkkä—
Every word from Proto-Finnic jürkkä →Every word from Finnish jyrkkä →Every word from Finnish jyrkentää →