Where does “köyristys” come from?

köyristys (Finnish) comes from Finnish köyristyä, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.

köyristys (Finnish): slumping, squatting, stooping

Definitions

  1. slumping, squatting, stooping

Ancestry of “köyristys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishköyristyäto slump, to squat, to stoop
2Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs
Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäk →Every word from Finnish -ua →Every word from Finnish köyristyä →