Where does “kyyristely” come from?

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

kyyristely (Finnish): crouching, squatting, cowering

Definitions

  1. crouching, squatting, cowering

Ancestry of “kyyristely”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkyyristelläto crouch, squat, cower
2Finnishkyyristyäto crouch, squat, cower
3Finnishkyyristääto crouch
4Finnishkyyryhunch, hunched position
5Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
6Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uEvery word from Finnish -uEvery word from Finnish kyyry
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