Where does “kysellä” come from?

kysellä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kysyä, from Proto-Finnic küsüdäk — to ask, to enquire.

kysellä (Finnish): To ask, inquire repetitively; To gallup, poll

Definitions

  1. To ask, inquire repetitively; To gallup, poll

Ancestry of “kysellä”, step by step

kysellä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kysyä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkysyäTo ask, inquire/enquire; To take, require,...
2Proto-Finnicküsüdäkto ask, to enquire

via Ingrian kyssyä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriankyssyäto ask

Words derived from “kysellä”

Every word from Proto-Finnic küsüdäk →Every word from Finnish kysyä →