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Where does “kehystää” come from?

kehystää (Finnish) comes from Finnish kehys, from Finnish kehä, from Proto-Finnic kehä, from Proto-Finnic keššä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric keččä.

kehystää (Finnish): To frame

Definitions

  1. To frame

Ancestry of “kehystää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkehysframe; cadre
2Finnishkehäcircle, ring; halo; circle, circumference
3Proto-Finnickehäcircle, ring
4Proto-Finnickeššä—
5Proto-Finno-Ugrickeččä—

Words derived from “kehystää”

  • kehyste
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric keččä →