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Where does “itkeskellä” come from?

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

itkeskellä (Finnish): To cry ; to be sad

Definitions

  1. To cry ; to be sad

Ancestry of “itkeskellä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-skellaForms frequentative verbs, chiefly from...
2Proto-Finnic-skeldak—
3Proto-Finno-Ugric-śk-—
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