Where does “kyselytunti” come from?
kyselytunti (Finnish) comes from Finnish kysely, from Finnish kysellä, from Finnish kysyä, from Proto-Finnic küsüdäk — to ask, to enquire.
kyselytunti (Finnish): Question Time
Ancestry of “kyselytunti”, step by step
kyselytunti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kysely
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kysely | inquiry, enquiry, query; questionnaire, survey;... |
| 2 | Finnish | kysellä | To ask, inquire repetitively; To gallup, poll |
| 3 | Finnish | kysyä | To ask, inquire/enquire; To take, require,... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | küsüdäk | to ask, to enquire |
via Finnish tunti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tunti | hour; lesson, class |
| 2 | Old Swedish | stund | — |