Where does “rikossyyte” come from?
rikossyyte (Finnish) comes from Finnish syyte, from Finnish syyttää, from Finnish syy, from Proto-Finnic süü, from Proto-Uralic śuwe — mouth.
rikossyyte (Finnish): criminal charge
Ancestry of “rikossyyte”, step by step
rikossyyte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish syyte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | syyte | Accusation, charge, indictment |
| 2 | Finnish | syyttää | to blame, blame (something) on, accuse |
| 3 | Finnish | syy | fibre; filament; grain |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | süü | thread, fibre; annual ring; reason, cause |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | śuwe | mouth |
via Finnish rikos
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rikos | crime, offence/offense, criminality; ~" a... |
| 2 | Finnish | rikkoa | to break; to violate, breach; to offend, to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | rikkodak | to break; to ruin, to mar, to damage |