Where does “kieliasu” come from?

kieliasu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kieli, from Proto-Finnic keeli, from Proto-Uralic käle — tongue; language.

kieliasu (Finnish): wording, (form of) language; the way something is expressed in a language

Definitions

  1. wording, (form of) language; the way something is expressed in a language

Ancestry of “kieliasu”, step by step

kieliasu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kieli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkielitongue; language; string
2Proto-Finnickeelitongue; language
3Proto-Uralickäletongue; language

via Finnish asu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishasuattire, dress, suit, raiment; form, figure,...
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Uralic käle →Every word from Proto-Finnic keeli →Every word from Finnish kieli →