Where does “ryykätä” come from?

ryykätä (Finnish) comes from Swedish stryka, from Old Swedish strȳka, from Old Norse strjúka, from Proto-Germanic streukaną, from Proto-Germanic streuganą.

ryykätä (Finnish): to iron (clothes)

Definitions

  1. to iron (clothes)

Ancestry of “ryykätä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishstrykato strike (out), to erase, to delete, to remove (strike out, often figuratively)
2Old Swedishstrȳkato stroke
3Old Norsestrjúkato stroke, rut, wipe; to stroke gently; to...
4Proto-Germanicstreukanąto stroke, wipe
5Proto-Germanicstreuganą—
Every word from Proto-Germanic streuganą →Every word from Proto-Germanic streukaną →Every word from Old Norse strjúka →