Where does “hieroskelu” come from?

hieroskelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish hieroskella, from Finnish -skella, from Proto-Finnic -skeldak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -śk-.

hieroskelu (Finnish): rubbing around

Definitions

  1. rubbing around

Ancestry of “hieroskelu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhieroskellato rub (around)
2Finnish-skellaForms frequentative verbs, chiefly from...
3Proto-Finnic-skeldakForms frequentative verbs
4Proto-Finno-Ugric-śk-
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -śk-Every word from Finnish -skellaEvery word from Finnish hieroskella