Where does “võõrkeelne” come from?

võõrkeelne (Estonian) comes from Estonian võõrkeel, from Estonian võõras, from Proto-Finnic veeras, from Proto-Finnic veeri, from Proto-Finno-Permic wäre.

võõrkeelne (Estonian): foreign-language, in a foreign language

Definitions

  1. foreign-language, in a foreign language

Ancestry of “võõrkeelne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianvõõrkeelforeign language
2Estonianvõõrasforeign, strange, unfamiliar; stranger; alien,...
3Proto-Finnicveerasguest, visitor; stranger; strange, foreign,...
4Proto-Finnicveeriside, flank; edge
5Proto-Finno-Permicwäre—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic wäre →Every word from Proto-Finnic veeri →Every word from Proto-Finnic veeras →