Where does “värjyä” come from?

värjyä (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.

värjyä (Finnish): to ripple, to wave somewhat

Definitions

  1. to ripple, to wave somewhat

Ancestry of “värjyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
2Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs
Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäk →Every word from Finnish -ua →