Where does “lemmiskellä” come from?

lemmiskellä (Finnish) comes from Finnish lempiä, from Finnish Lempi, from Finnish lempi, from Proto-Finnic lempi — ? flame,? spark,? warmth.

lemmiskellä (Finnish): To make love

Definitions

  1. To make love

Ancestry of “lemmiskellä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlempiäto make love; Partitive plural form of lempi
2FinnishLempi(erotic) love
3Finnishlempilove; love-making, sex; As a very common former...
4Proto-Finniclempi? flame,? spark,? warmth

Words derived from “lemmiskellä”

Every word from Proto-Finnic lempi →Every word from Finnish lempi →Every word from Finnish Lempi →