Where does “yrittää” come from?

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

yrittää (Finnish): to try, attempt, endeavour/endeavor

Definitions

  1. to try, attempt, endeavour/endeavor

Ancestry of “yrittää”, step by step

yrittää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse yrkja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseyrkjato work
2Proto-Germanicwurkijanąto work, to do work; to make
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make

via Proto-Finnic ürittädäk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicürittädäk—

Words derived from “yrittää”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wurkijaną →Every word from Old Norse yrkja →