Where does “koekäyttää” come from?
koekäyttää (Finnish) comes from Finnish koe, from Finnish kokea, from Proto-Finnic kokedak, from Proto-Uralic koke-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- — to see; eye.
koekäyttää (Finnish): to test, try; use as a trial
Definitions
- to test, try; use as a trial
Ancestry of “koekäyttää”, step by step
koekäyttää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish koe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | koe | experiment; trial, test; examination, test, exam |
| 2 | Finnish | kokea | to experience, undergo; to suffer; ~ verkko = to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kokedak | to (go) take a look at |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | koke- | see |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ekʷ- | to see; eye |
via Finnish käyttää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | käyttää | to use, make use of‚ employ, apply, utilize,... |
| 2 | Finnish | käydä | to visit, go to (and return), attend (a place) |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | käüdäk | to walk, to go |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | käwe- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *skēwijaną | to go |