Where does “nytkyä” come from?

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

nytkyä (Finnish): to jiggle, to jerk, to move jerkily

Definitions

  1. to jiggle, to jerk, to move jerkily

Ancestry of “nytkyä”, step by step

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

Words derived from “nytkyä”

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