Where does “kyykyttää” come from?

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

kyykyttää (Finnish): to push around, smack around, subordinate, cow, oppress

Definitions

  1. to push around, smack around, subordinate, cow, oppress

Ancestry of “kyykyttää”, 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 “kyykyttää”

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