Where does “kyyristyä” come from?

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

kyyristyä (Finnish): to crouch, squat, cower

Definitions

  1. to crouch, squat, cower

Ancestry of “kyyristyä”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kyyristyä”

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