Where does “kyyröttää” come from?
kyyröttää (Finnish) comes from Finnish ottaa, from Proto-Finnic vottadak, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.
kyyröttää (Finnish): to cower, to crouch, to squat
Definitions
- to cower, to crouch, to squat
Ancestry of “kyyröttää”, step by step
kyyröttää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Finnish kyyry
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kyyry | hunch, hunched position |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |