Where does “tiristää” come from?

tiristää (Finnish) comes from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.

tiristää (Finnish): to squeeze figuratively and literally, like juice from a lemon

Definitions

  1. to squeeze figuratively and literally, like juice from a lemon

Ancestry of “tiristää”, step by step

tiristää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish taa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
2Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
3Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
4Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

via Finnish tiristä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtiristäto sizzle

Words derived from “tiristää”

Every word from Proto-Uralic taka →Every word from Proto-Finnic taka →Every word from Finnish taka →