Where does “kieroontua” come from?

kieroontua (Finnish) comes from Finnish -Vntua, from Finnish -untua, from Finnish -ntua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.

kieroontua (Finnish): To become twisted, crooked

Definitions

  1. To become twisted, crooked

Ancestry of “kieroontua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-VntuaForms passive verbs
2Finnish-untua—
3Finnish-ntuaForms reflexive or inchoative intransitive verbs
4Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
5Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs
Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäk →Every word from Finnish -ua →Every word from Finnish -Vntua →
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