Where does “kysel” come from?
kysel (Czech) comes from Czech kyselý, from Finnish kysely, from Finnish kysellä, from Finnish kysyä, from Proto-Finnic küsüdäk — to ask, to enquire.
kysel (Czech): kisel, kissel (dessert)
Ancestry of “kysel”, step by step
kysel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Czech kyselý
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Czech | kyselý | sour; acid, acidic |
| 2 | Finnish | kysely | inquiry, enquiry, query; questionnaire, survey;... |
| 3 | Finnish | kysellä | To ask, inquire repetitively; To gallup, poll |
| 4 | Finnish | kysyä | To ask, inquire/enquire; To take, require,... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | küsüdäk | to ask, to enquire |
via Proto-Slavic kyselь
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | kyselь | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | kysnǫti | to become/get wet; to become/turn sour |