Where does “känttyrä” come from?

känttyrä (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

känttyrä (Finnish): lame, clumsy

Definitions

  1. lame, clumsy

Ancestry of “känttyrä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-raForms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal...
2Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
3Proto-Uralic-joblique plural
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →
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