Where does “nytkytys” come from?
nytkytys (Finnish) comes from Finnish nytkyttää, from Finnish nytkyä, from Finnish nytkiä, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.
nytkytys (Finnish): jiggling, jerking
Definitions
- jiggling, jerking
Ancestry of “nytkytys”, step by step
nytkytys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish nytkyttää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nytkyttää | to jiggle around, to jerk around, to yank around |
| 2 | Finnish | nytkyä | to jiggle, to jerk, to move jerkily |
| 3 | Finnish | nytkiä | To jerk repeatedly |
| 4 | Finnish | -ia | Forms primarily transitive verbs describing... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -idak | applicative suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -j- | — |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |