Where does “kyykistyä” come from?

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

kyykistyä (Finnish): to squat (down), crouch to bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet

Definitions

  1. to squat (down), crouch to bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet

Ancestry of “kyykistyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkyykkysquat, bended position
2Finnishkukkuheap; part that goes or is left over; Synonym of...
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankukuhnail
4Proto-AustronesiankuSkuSnail

Words derived from “kyykistyä”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian kuSkuS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kukuh →Every word from Finnish kukku →