Where does “itkeskely” come from?
itkeskely (Finnish) comes from Finnish itkeskellä, from Finnish -skella, from Proto-Finnic -skeldak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -śk-.
itkeskely (Finnish): crying, weeping repeatedly
Definitions
- crying, weeping repeatedly
Ancestry of “itkeskely”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | itkeskellä | To cry occasionally, an unspecified period of time; to be sad |
| 2 | Finnish | -skella | Forms frequentative verbs, chiefly from... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -skeldak | Forms frequentative verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -śk- | — |