Where does “kokelas” come from?

kokelas (Finnish) comes from Finnish -las, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

kokelas (Finnish): candidate; cadet; prospect

Definitions

  1. candidate; cadet; prospect

Ancestry of “kokelas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-lasForms nouns used to describe people; Forms...
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

Words derived from “kokelas”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -las →