Where does “vyöryä” come from?
vyöryä (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic vöörüdäk.
vyöryä (Finnish): to billow; to swarm; to avalanche
Definitions
- to billow; to swarm; to avalanche
Ancestry of “vyöryä”, step by step
vyöryä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Proto-Finnic vöörüdäk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | vöörüdäk | — |
via Finnish vyöryttää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vyöryttää | to roll cause a large mass, e.g. a large rock or a large amount of snow, to descend out of control, like rocks in a rockslide or snow in an avalanche |