Where does “nyökähdys” come from?
nyökähdys (Finnish) comes from Finnish nyökähtää, from Finnish -ähtää, from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak, from Proto-Uralic -ašta-.
nyökähdys (Finnish): nod
Ancestry of “nyökähdys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nyökähtää | to nod once or suddenly |
| 2 | Finnish | -ähtää | Front vowel variant of -ahtaa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ahtadak | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ašta- | — |