Where does “oikeakielinen” come from?
oikeakielinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kielinen, from Finnish kieli, from Proto-Finnic keeli, from Proto-Uralic käle — tongue; language.
oikeakielinen (Finnish): grammatically correct
Ancestry of “oikeakielinen”, step by step
oikeakielinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kielinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kielinen | being of a language; used mainly as head word in... |
| 2 | Finnish | kieli | tongue; language; string |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | keeli | tongue; language |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | käle | tongue; language |
via Finnish oikea
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | oikea | right; right, correct; appropriate, proper,... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | oikeda | straight; right, correct |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | wojketa | — |
Words derived from “oikeakielinen”