Where does “kyykistys” come from?

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

kyykistys (Finnish): squat, squatting

Definitions

  1. squat, squatting

Ancestry of “kyykistys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkyykistyäto squat (down), crouch to bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet
2Finnishkyykkysquat, bended position
3Finnishkukkuheap; part that goes or is left over; Synonym of...
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankukuhnail
5Proto-AustronesiankuSkuSnail
Every word from Proto-Austronesian kuSkuS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kukuh →Every word from Finnish kukku →
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