Where does “lemmiskellä” come from?
lemmiskellä (Finnish) comes from Finnish lempiä, from Finnish Lempi, from Finnish lempi, from Proto-Finnic lempi.
lemmiskellä (Finnish): To make love
Ancestry of “lemmiskellä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | lempiä | to make love; Partitive plural form of lempi |
| 2 | Finnish | Lempi | — |
| 3 | Finnish | lempi | love; love-making, sex; As a very common former... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | lempi | — |