Where does “sykähdys” come from?
sykähdys (Finnish) comes from Finnish sykähtää, from Finnish sykkiä, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.
sykähdys (Finnish): a single heartbeat, a single beat of the heart
Definitions
- a single heartbeat, a single beat of the heart
Ancestry of “sykähdys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | sykähtää | to beat (once) of the heart |
| 2 | Finnish | sykkiä | to pulse, pulsate; to beat, throb; to be aroused |
| 3 | Finnish | -ia | Forms primarily transitive verbs describing... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -idak | applicative suffix |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -j- | — |