Where does “nytkähtää” come from?

nytkähtää (Finnish) comes from Finnish nytkiä, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.

nytkähtää (Finnish): to twitch or jerk

Definitions

  1. to twitch or jerk

Ancestry of “nytkähtää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishnytkiäTo jerk repeatedly
2Finnish-iaForms primarily transitive verbs describing...
3Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
4Proto-Uralic-j-—

Words derived from “nytkähtää”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Finnish -ia →Every word from Proto-Finnic -idak →