Where does “kyyristyä” come from?
kyyristyä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kyyristää, from Finnish kyyry, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u.
kyyristyä (Finnish): to crouch, squat, cower
Ancestry of “kyyristyä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | kyyristää | to crouch |
| 2 | Finnish | kyyry | hunch, hunched position |
| 3 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -u | — |
Words derived from “kyyristyä”