Where does “nytkyttää” come from?

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

nytkyttää (Finnish): to jiggle around, to jerk around, to yank around

Definitions

  1. to jiggle around, to jerk around, to yank around

Ancestry of “nytkyttää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnytkyäto jiggle, to jerk, to move jerkily
2FinnishnytkiäTo jerk repeatedly
3Finnish-iaForms primarily transitive verbs describing...
4Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
5Proto-Uralic-j-

Words derived from “nytkyttää

Every word from Proto-Uralic -j-Every word from Finnish -iaEvery word from Proto-Finnic -idak