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Where does “nykäistä” come from?

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

nykäistä (Finnish): to tug; to twitch

Definitions

  1. to tug; to twitch

Ancestry of “nykäistä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishnykiäTo jerk; To tug
2Proto-Finnicnükidäk—
3Proto-Uralicńüke-to tear away

Words derived from “nykäistä”

  • nykäisy
  • nykäys
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