värisiä

Värisiä is a Finnish verb root associated with the action "to tremble" or "to shiver" and with small rapid movements or vibrations. In standard Finnish the citation form is väristä; forms of the verb appear in speech and writing as värisen (I tremble), värisee (he/she/it trembles) and värisevät (they tremble). The meaning covers involuntary bodily shivering from cold or fear, as well as figurative or mechanical vibrations.

Usage examples:

- Hän värisee kylmästä. (He/she is shivering from the cold.)

- Myrsky sai ikkunat värisemään. (The storm made the windows vibrate.)

Grammatical notes: väristä is a type 1 Finnish verb; it conjugates regularly in present, past and participial forms. Related derived forms include värinä (a noun meaning vibration or shiver) and väristellä (a frequentative form implying repeated trembling).

Etymology and cognates: The verb traces to Proto-Finnic roots meaning "to shake" and has close cognates in Estonian (värisema) and other Finnic languages. The word is used in both literal and figurative senses in modern Finnish, appearing in everyday speech, literature and descriptive contexts for motion and emotion.