Where does “kõnelema” come from?

kõnelema (Estonian) comes from Estonian -lema, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.

kõnelema (Estonian): to tell; to speak

Definitions

  1. to tell; to speak

Ancestry of “kõnelema”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonian-lemaDerives verbs, sometimes causing changes in the...
2Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
3Proto-Uralic-le-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le- →Every word from Estonian -lema →Every word from Proto-Finnic -eldak →
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