Where does “köykistää” come from?

köykistää (Finnish) comes from Finnish köykky, from Finnish kyykky, from Finnish kukku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian kuSkuS — nail.

köykistää (Finnish): to squat to bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet

Definitions

  1. to squat to bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet

Ancestry of “köykistää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishköykkysquat, squatting position
2Finnishkyykkysquat, bended position
3Finnishkukkuheap; part that goes or is left over; Synonym of...
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankukuhnail
5Proto-AustronesiankuSkuSnail

Words derived from “köykistää”

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