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Where does “kähertyä” come from?

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

kähertyä (Finnish): to curl

Definitions

  1. to curl

Ancestry of “kähertyä”, 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 →