Where does “kielteinen” come from?

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

kielteinen (Finnish): negative

Definitions

  1. negative

Ancestry of “kielteinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkieltääto forbid; to forbid, to disallow, to ban, to...
2Finnishkielitongue; language; string
3Proto-Finnickeelitongue; language
4Proto-Uralickäletongue; language

Words derived from “kielteinen”

Every word from Proto-Uralic käle →Every word from Proto-Finnic keeli →Every word from Finnish kieli →