Where does “syke” come from?

syke (Finnish) comes from Finnish sykkiä, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.

syke (Finnish): pulse, heartbeat; heart rate

Definitions

  1. pulse, heartbeat; heart rate

Ancestry of “syke”, step by step

syke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sykkiä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsykkiäto pulse, pulsate; to beat, throb; to be aroused
2Finnish-iaForms primarily transitive verbs describing...
3Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
4Proto-Uralic-j-—

via Finnish e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheE note

Words derived from “syke”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Finnish -ia →Every word from Proto-Finnic -idak →