Where does “kielto” come from?

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

kielto (Finnish): ban, prohibition

Definitions

  1. ban, prohibition

Ancestry of “kielto”, step by step

kielto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kieltää

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

via Finnish o

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisho

Words derived from “kielto

Every word from Proto-Uralic käle
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