Where does “haeskelu” come from?
haeskelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish haeskella, from Finnish hakea, from Proto-Finnic hakedak, from Proto-Germanic sākija-.
haeskelu (Finnish): searching
Ancestry of “haeskelu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | haeskella | To search, seek |
| 2 | Finnish | hakea | To retrieve, get, fetch; To search; To apply |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | hakedak | to pick; to fetch; to gather, to collect |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sākija- | — |