Where does “pyrähtää” come from?

pyrähtää (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyrkiä, from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European wr̥ǵyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

pyrähtää (Finnish): to sprint

Definitions

  1. to sprint

Ancestry of “pyrähtää”, step by step

pyrähtää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pyrkiä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyrkiäto strive, endeavour; to plan to become, aspire...
2Proto-Germanic*wurkijaną—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwr̥ǵyétito be working, to be at work
4Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
6Chichewaiyehe, she

via Finnish ahtaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishahtaato cram, stuff, fill, pack full; to supercharge;...
2Proto-Finnicaktadakto hang up, especially traps; grain to dry in a...
3Proto-Uralicëkta-to hang up

Words derived from “pyrähtää”

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wr̥ǵyéti →