Where does “kärjistymä” come from?
kärjistymä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kärjistyä, from Finnish kärjistää, from Finnish kärki, from Proto-Finnic kärki, from Proto-Finno-Permic kärke.
kärjistymä (Finnish): culmination, escalation
Ancestry of “kärjistymä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | kärjistyä | to culminate, to come to a head; to become... |
| 2 | Finnish | kärjistää | To exaggerate by generalising/generalizing |
| 3 | Finnish | kärki | point, tip, cusp; lead; vertex |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kärki | black woodpecker |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Permic | kärke | — |