Where does “selle” come from?
selle (Estonian) comes from Estonian see, from Proto-Finnic se, from Proto-Uralic śe — it.
selle (Estonian): genitive singular of see
Ancestry of “selle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Estonian | see | this; it; he, she |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | se | it |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | śe | it |