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Where does “tyrkyttää” come from?

tyrkyttää (Finnish) comes from Finnish -uttaa, from Ingrian -ua, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

tyrkyttää (Finnish): To foist, ply, force with persistence, be pushy...

Definitions

  1. To foist, ply, force with persistence, be pushy...

Ancestry of “tyrkyttää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-uttaaaivastaa + API → aivastuttaa; rakentaa + API →...
2Ingrian-ua—
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →