Where does “kyyristys” come from?

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

kyyristys (Finnish): crouch, crouching

Definitions

  1. crouch, crouching

Ancestry of “kyyristys”, 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
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish kyyry →