Where does “kieltää” come from?

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

kieltää (Finnish): to forbid; to forbid, to disallow, to ban, to...

Definitions

  1. to forbid; to forbid, to disallow, to ban, to...

Ancestry of “kieltää”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kieltää

Every word from Proto-Uralic käleEvery word from Proto-Finnic keeliEvery word from Finnish kieli
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