Where does “kiusoittelu” come from?

kiusoittelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiusoitella, from Finnish kiusoittaa, from Finnish kiusa, from Finnish kiusata, from Proto-Finnic kiusat'ak, from Proto-Germanic keusaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵews- — to taste, try.

kiusoittelu (Finnish): teasing, bantering

Definitions

  1. teasing, bantering

Ancestry of “kiusoittelu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkiusoitellaTo tease, banter, twit
2Finnishkiusoittaa
3Finnishkiusanuisance, bother; annoyance, vexation, peeve,...
4Finnishkiusatato bully, pick on
5Proto-Finnickiusat'akto tease
6Proto-Germanickeusanąto test, to try; to choose
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵews-to taste, try
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵews-