Where does “jyrkistyä” come from?

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

jyrkistyä (Finnish): to steepen to become more steep

Definitions

  1. to steepen to become more steep

Ancestry of “jyrkistyä”, step by step

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