Where does “kyyristää” come from?
kyyristää (Finnish) comes from Finnish kyyry, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u.
kyyristää (Finnish): to crouch
Ancestry of “kyyristää”, step by step
| 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 | — |
Words derived from “kyyristää”