Where does “kyyristää” come from?

kyyristää (Finnish) comes from Finnish kyyry, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

kyyristää (Finnish): to crouch

Definitions

  1. to crouch

Ancestry of “kyyristää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkyyryhunch, hunched position
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

Words derived from “kyyristää”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish kyyry →