Where does “sykkeisyys” come from?

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

sykkeisyys (Finnish): pulsation

Definitions

  1. pulsation

Ancestry of “sykkeisyys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsykepulse, heartbeat; heart rate
2Finnishsykkiäto pulse, pulsate; to beat, throb; to be aroused
3Finnish-iaForms primarily transitive verbs describing...
4Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
5Proto-Uralic-j-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Finnish -ia →Every word from Proto-Finnic -idak →
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