Where does “nyökyttely” come from?

nyökyttely (Finnish) comes from Finnish nyökytellä, from Finnish nyökyttää, from Finnish -uttaa, from Ingrian -ua, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

nyökyttely (Finnish): (repeated, constant) nodding

Definitions

  1. (repeated, constant) nodding

Ancestry of “nyökyttely”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnyökytelläto nod
2Finnishnyökyttääto nod
3Finnish-uttaaaivastaa + API → aivastuttaa; rakentaa + API →...
4Ingrian-uaUsed to form inchoative verbs
5Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
6Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
7Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Finnish -uttaa →