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Where does “riistäytyä” come from?

riistäytyä (Finnish) comes from Finnish -utua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk.

riistäytyä (Finnish): To break loose; To break out

Definitions

  1. To break loose; To break out

Ancestry of “riistäytyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-utua—
2Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-üdäk—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäk →