Where does “kehottaa” come from?

kehottaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish kehkeä, from Proto-Finnic kehkedä.

kehottaa (Finnish): to recommend; to urge, to encourage

Definitions

  1. to recommend; to urge, to encourage

Ancestry of “kehottaa”, step by step

kehottaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kehkeä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkehkeäwide; brisk, lively; soft, fluffy
2Proto-Finnickehkedä—

via Finnish oittaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoittaa—

Words derived from “kehottaa”

Every word from Proto-Finnic kehkedä →Every word from Finnish kehkeä →