Where does “nykytys” come from?
nykytys (Finnish) comes from Finnish nykyttää, from Finnish -uttaa, from Ingrian -ua, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
nykytys (Finnish): shaking back and forth
Ancestry of “nykytys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | nykyttää | to shake or yank back and forth |
| 2 | Finnish | -uttaa | aivastaa + API → aivastuttaa; rakentaa + API →... |
| 3 | Ingrian | -ua | — |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |