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

kehystää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kehys

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

via Finnish taa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
2Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
3Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
4Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

Words derived from “kehystää

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric keččäEvery word from Proto-Finnic keššäEvery word from Proto-Finnic kehä