Where does “keitellä” come from?

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

keitellä (Finnish): to boil, brew or cook (leisurely)

Definitions

  1. to boil, brew or cook (leisurely)

Ancestry of “keitellä”, 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 →
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