Where does “kiihtynyt” come from?

kiihtynyt (Finnish) comes from Finnish nyt, from Proto-Finnic nügüt, from Proto-Finnic nükü, from Proto-Uralic nükɜ.

kiihtynyt (Finnish): agitated

Definitions

  1. agitated

Ancestry of “kiihtynyt”, step by step

kiihtynyt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nyt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnytnow
2Proto-Finnicnügütnow
3Proto-Finnicnüküpresent, current
4Proto-Uralicnükɜ—

via Finnish kiihtyä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiihtyäto get excited; to become agitated; ~ = to...
2Finnish-tyäFront vowel variant of -tua

Words derived from “kiihtynyt”

Every word from Proto-Uralic nükɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic nükü →Every word from Proto-Finnic nügüt →
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