Where does “kyyköttää” come from?
kyyköttää (Finnish) comes from Finnish kyykky, from Finnish kukku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian kuSkuS — nail.
kyyköttää (Finnish): to squat, to cower, to crouch
Definitions
- to squat, to cower, to crouch
Ancestry of “kyyköttää”, step by step
kyyköttää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kyykky
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kyykky | squat, bended position |
| 2 | Finnish | kukku | heap; part that goes or is left over; Synonym of... |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | kukuh | nail |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | kuSkuS | nail |
via Finnish ottaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ottaa | to take; to take, ingest or drink; to deprive of,... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | vottadak | to take |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wendʰ- | to wind, to turn |