Where does “koettelemus” come from?
koettelemus (Finnish) comes from Finnish koetella, from Finnish koettaa, from Finnish kokea, from Proto-Finnic kokedak, from Proto-Uralic koke-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- — to see; eye.
koettelemus (Finnish): ordeal, trial difficult, trying experience
Definitions
- ordeal, trial difficult, trying experience
Ancestry of “koettelemus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | koetella | To be a tribulation/adversity to, try |
| 2 | Finnish | koettaa | To feel, touch; To try, test, check; To try,... |
| 3 | Finnish | kokea | to experience, undergo; to suffer; ~ verkko = to... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kokedak | to (go) take a look at |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | koke- | see |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ekʷ- | to see; eye |