Where does “kyyrystäissä” come from?

kyyrystäissä (Ingrian) comes from Finnish kyyry, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

kyyrystäissä (Ingrian): to crouch

Definitions

  1. to crouch

Ancestry of “kyyrystäissä”, step by step

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-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish kyyry →
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