Where does “pöyristyttävä” come from?
pöyristyttävä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pöyristyttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
pöyristyttävä (Finnish): scandalous, outrageous, preposterous, shocking
Definitions
- scandalous, outrageous, preposterous, shocking
Ancestry of “pöyristyttävä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pöyristyttää | to shock, to appall, to dismay |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |