Where does “käherrys” come from?

käherrys (Finnish) comes from Finnish kähertää, from Finnish -ertää, from Finnish -tää — Front vowel variant of -taa.

käherrys (Finnish): waving, frizzing causing hair to get a wavy or frizzy appearance

Definitions

  1. waving, frizzing causing hair to get a wavy or frizzy appearance

Ancestry of “käherrys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkähertääto wave; Third-person singular indicative present...
2Finnish-ertääFront vowel variant of -ertaa
3Finnish-tääFront vowel variant of -taa
Every word from Finnish -tää →Every word from Finnish -ertää →Every word from Finnish kähertää →