Where does “kiriherkkyys” come from?

kiriherkkyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiriherkkä, from Finnish kiri, from Finnish kiristää, from Finnish kireä, from Proto-Finnic kiredä, from Proto-Finno-Permic kirɜ.

kiriherkkyys (Finnish): the tendency to spurt

Definitions

  1. the tendency to spurt

Ancestry of “kiriherkkyys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiriherkkätending to spurt
2Finnishkirispurt; Third-person singular indicative past form...
3Finnishkiristääto tighten; to extort, blackmail; to gnash, grind
4Finnishkireätight, taut; tense
5Proto-Finnickiredähard, stiff
6Proto-Finno-Permickirɜ—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic kirɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic kiredä →Every word from Finnish kireä →
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