Where does “hakkailu” come from?

hakkailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish hakkailla, from Finnish -illa, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.

hakkailu (Finnish): flirt

Definitions

  1. flirt

Ancestry of “hakkailu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhakkaillato flirt
2Finnish-illaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
3Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
4Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
5Proto-Uralic-le-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le- →Every word from Finnish -illa →Every word from Finnish -ella →