Where does “nyyhkytys” come from?

nyyhkytys (Finnish) comes from Finnish nyyhkyttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

nyyhkytys (Finnish): sobbing

Definitions

  1. sobbing

Ancestry of “nyyhkytys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnyyhkyttääto sob
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →