to set out, start, begin · to become [with translative] (usually a proponent of a profession) · to grab, touch
çekim: geçmiş ryhtynyt · şimdiki ryhtyy · ulaç ryhtyvä
köken: Uncertain, related to Karelian ryyhtyö. SSA theorizes the etymology as follows: ryhtyä may be generalized from eastern dialectal ryyhtyä, ryöhtyä (according to the pattern Western huhtoa ~ Eastern huuhtoa), which in turn could be secondarily fronted from an original rohtua ~ ruohtua (or otherwise derived from ruoho), perhaps with influence from yhtyä. Originally, ryhtyä ~ ryyhtyä may have…