Where does “nyppyyntyminen” come from?
nyppyyntyminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish nyppyyntyä, from Finnish -Vntua, from Finnish -untua, from Finnish -ntua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.
Ancestry of “nyppyyntyminen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nyppyyntyä | to form (into) pills balls of fibre |
| 2 | Finnish | -Vntua | Forms passive verbs |
| 3 | Finnish | -untua | — |
| 4 | Finnish | -ntua | Forms reflexive or inchoative intransitive verbs |
| 5 | Finnish | -ua | Forms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs... |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -üdäk | Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs |