Where does “kyyryselkäin” come from?

kyyryselkäin (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian selkä, from Proto-Finnic selkä, from Proto-Finno-Permic śelkä.

kyyryselkäin (Ingrian): hunchbacked

Definitions

  1. hunchbacked

Ancestry of “kyyryselkäin”, step by step

kyyryselkäin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian selkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianselkäback
2Proto-Finnicselkäback; ridge
3Proto-Finno-Permicśelkä—

via Finnish kyyry

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkyyryhunch, hunched position
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic śelkä →Every word from Proto-Finnic selkä →Every word from Ingrian selkä →