Where does “yritelmä” come from?

yritelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish yritellä, from Finnish yrittää, from Old Norse yrkja, from Proto-Germanic wurkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- — to make.

yritelmä (Finnish): try, attempt, foray often unfinished work that was an attempt to do something

Definitions

  1. try, attempt, foray often unfinished work that was an attempt to do something

Ancestry of “yritelmä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyritelläto try or attempt repeatedly
2Finnishyrittääto try, attempt, endeavour/endeavor
3Old Norseyrkjato work
4Proto-Germanicwurkijanąto work, to do work; to make
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wurkijaną →Every word from Old Norse yrkja →