Where does “piileskellä” come from?

piileskellä (Finnish) comes from Finnish -skella, from Proto-Finnic -skeldak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -śk-.

piileskellä (Finnish): to hide, to be in hiding; to sneak; to skulk

Definitions

  1. to hide, to be in hiding; to sneak; to skulk

Ancestry of “piileskellä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-skellaForms frequentative verbs, chiefly from...
2Proto-Finnic-skeldakForms frequentative verbs
3Proto-Finno-Ugric-śk-—

Words derived from “piileskellä”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -śk- →Every word from Finnish -skella →Every word from Proto-Finnic -skeldak →