Where does “kyyrylähtö” come from?
kyyrylähtö (Finnish) comes from Finnish lähtö, from Finnish lähteä, from Proto-Finnic läktedäk, from Proto-Uralic läkte- — to leave.
kyyrylähtö (Finnish): crouch start
Ancestry of “kyyrylähtö”, step by step
kyyrylähtö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lähtö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lähtö | departure; start; takeoff |
| 2 | Finnish | lähteä | to leave, go, go away, start, start out, start... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | läktedäk | to leave, to depart |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | läkte- | to leave |
via Finnish kyyry
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kyyry | hunch, hunched position |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |