Where does “kielenparsi” come from?
kielenparsi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kieli, from Proto-Finnic keeli, from Proto-Uralic käle — tongue; language.
Ancestry of “kielenparsi”, step by step
kielenparsi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kieli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kieli | tongue; language; string |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | keeli | tongue; language |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | käle | tongue; language |
via Finnish parsi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | parsi | beam; stall; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | parci | beam |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | pärtä | — |