Where does “kyykätä” come from?

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

kyykätä (Finnish): to squat, crouch

Definitions

  1. to squat, crouch

Ancestry of “kyykätä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkyykkysquat, bended position
2Finnishkukkuheap; part that goes or is left over; Synonym of...
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankukuhnail
4Proto-AustronesiankuSkuSnail
Every word from Proto-Austronesian kuSkuS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kukuh →Every word from Finnish kukku →
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