Where does “nyintä” come from?

nyintä (Finnish) comes from Finnish nykiä, from Proto-Finnic nükidäk, from Proto-Uralic ńüke- — to tear away.

nyintä (Finnish): jerking, twitching

Definitions

  1. jerking, twitching

Ancestry of “nyintä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishnykiäTo jerk; To tug
2Proto-Finnicnükidäkto tug, jerk, pull
3Proto-Uralicńüke-to tear away
Every word from Proto-Uralic ńüke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic nükidäk →Every word from Finnish nykiä →