Where does “kyyristellä” come from?

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

kyyristellä (Finnish): to crouch, squat, cower

Definitions

  1. to crouch, squat, cower

Ancestry of “kyyristellä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkyyristyäto crouch, squat, cower
2Finnishkyyristääto crouch
3Finnishkyyryhunch, hunched position
4Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
5Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

Words derived from “kyyristellä”

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