Where does “lyykähtää” come from?
lyykähtää (Finnish) comes from Finnish kyykähtää, from Finnish ahtaa, from Proto-Finnic aktadak, from Proto-Uralic ëkta- — to hang up.
lyykähtää (Finnish): to slump down
Ancestry of “lyykähtää”, step by step
lyykähtää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kyykähtää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kyykähtää | to squat down briefly, for a bit |
| 2 | Finnish | ahtaa | to cram, stuff, fill, pack full; to supercharge;... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | aktadak | to hang up, especially traps; grain to dry in a... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | ëkta- | to hang up |
via Finnish lyyhistyä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lyyhistyä | To collapse lifelessly or powerlessly |
| 2 | Finnish | -ua | Forms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -üdäk | Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs |