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Where does “käskytapa” come from?

käskytapa (Finnish) comes from Finnish käsky, from Finnish käskeä, from Proto-Finnic käskedäk, from Proto-Uralic käske-.

käskytapa (Finnish): imperative mood

Definitions

  1. imperative mood

Ancestry of “käskytapa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkäskyAn order, command, commandment, dictation,...
2Finnishkäskeäto order, tell; to command; to request, ask for,...
3Proto-Finnickäskedäkto tell, to command
4Proto-Uralickäske-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic käske- →