Where does “sytkyttää” come from?

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

sytkyttää (Finnish): to chug make dull and somewhat sharp explosive sounds; make infrequent but somewhat regular sounds, like that of an engine or motor

Definitions

  1. to chug make dull and somewhat sharp explosive sounds; make infrequent but somewhat regular sounds, like that of an engine or motor

Ancestry of “sytkyttää”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sytkyttää”

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