Where does “istuskelu” come from?
istuskelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish istuskella, from Finnish -skella, from Proto-Finnic -skeldak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -śk-.
istuskelu (Finnish): sitting around
Definitions
- sitting around
Ancestry of “istuskelu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | istuskella | To sit around |
| 2 | Finnish | -skella | Forms frequentative verbs, chiefly from... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -skeldak | Forms frequentative verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -śk- | — |