Where does “kesiä” come from?

kesiä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ia, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

kesiä (Finnish): to peel off; Partitive plural form of kesä

Definitions

  1. to peel off; Partitive plural form of kesä

Ancestry of “kesiä”, step by step

kesiä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishiaObsolete spelling of ja
2Finnishjaand; AND
3Proto-Finnicjaand
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish kesi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkesiThe thin outer layer of skin; Third-person...
2Proto-Finnickeciouter skin
3Proto-Uralickeδ́e—

Words derived from “kesiä”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →