Where does “mietiskely” come from?
mietiskely (Finnish) comes from Finnish mietiskellä, from Finnish -skella, from Proto-Finnic -skeldak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -śk-.
mietiskely (Finnish): contemplation, rumination state of being highly concentrated in thought
Definitions
- contemplation, rumination state of being highly concentrated in thought
Ancestry of “mietiskely”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mietiskellä | to meditate, ponder, ruminate, contemplate |
| 2 | Finnish | -skella | Forms frequentative verbs, chiefly from... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -skeldak | Forms frequentative verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -śk- | — |