Where does “itkeskellä” come from?

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

itkeskellä (Finnish): To cry occasionally, an unspecified period of time; to be sad

Definitions

  1. To cry occasionally, an unspecified period of time; to be sad

Ancestry of “itkeskellä”, step by step

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

Words derived from “itkeskellä”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -śk- →Every word from Finnish -skella →Every word from Proto-Finnic -skeldak →