Where does “keitä” come from?

keitä (Finnish) comes from Finnish keittää, from Proto-Uralic keje-.

keitä (Finnish): Partitive plural form of kuka

Definitions

  1. Partitive plural form of kuka

Ancestry of “keitä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkeittääTo boil; to boil over; To cook; To cook up
2Proto-Uralickeje-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic keje- →Every word from Finnish keittää →