Where does “kõnekeel” come from?

kõnekeel (Estonian) comes from Estonian keel, from Proto-Finnic keeli, from Proto-Uralic käle — tongue; language.

kõnekeel (Estonian): a language as it is commonly spoken, a...

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Ancestry of “kõnekeel”, step by step

kõnekeel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian keel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankeellanguage; tongue; string of musical instrument
2Proto-Finnickeelitongue; language
3Proto-Uralickäletongue; language

via Estonian kõne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankõnespeech; polarity
2Proto-Finnickonehmagic

Words derived from “kõnekeel”

Every word from Proto-Uralic käle →Every word from Proto-Finnic keeli →Every word from Estonian keel →