Where does “kyslík” come from?

kyslík (Czech) comes from Czech kyselý, from Finnish kysely, from Finnish kysellä, from Finnish kysyä, from Proto-Finnic küsüdäk — to ask, to enquire.

kyslík (Czech): oxygen

Definitions

  1. oxygen

Ancestry of “kyslík”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechkyselýsour; acid, acidic
2Finnishkyselyinquiry, enquiry, query; questionnaire, survey;...
3FinnishkyselläTo ask, inquire repetitively; To gallup, poll
4FinnishkysyäTo ask, inquire/enquire; To take, require,...
5Proto-Finnicküsüdäkto ask, to enquire

Words derived from “kyslík”

Every word from Proto-Finnic küsüdäk →Every word from Finnish kysyä →Every word from Finnish kysellä →