Where does “vyyhtiä” come from?

vyyhtiä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ia, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

vyyhtiä (Finnish): to coil; Partitive singular form of vyyhti

Definitions

  1. to coil; Partitive singular form of vyyhti

Ancestry of “vyyhtiä”, step by step

vyyhtiä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishiaObsolete spelling of ja
2Finnishjaand; AND
3Proto-Finnicjaand
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish vyyhti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvyyhtiskein; a tangle, a complex weave; Third-person...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*viühti
3Proto-Germanicwiftizweaving
4Proto-Germanicwebanąto weave
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwebʰ-to weave, braid

Words derived from “vyyhtiä

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw
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