Where does “selitelmä” come from?
selitelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish selitellä, from Finnish selittää, from Finnish selitä, from Finnish selkeä, from Proto-Finnic selkedä — clear.
selitelmä (Finnish): specification, account, explanation, report
Definitions
- specification, account, explanation, report
Ancestry of “selitelmä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | selitellä | To make excuses for, explain away |
| 2 | Finnish | selittää | to explain; to explicate |
| 3 | Finnish | selitä | to clear; Indicative present connegative form of... |
| 4 | Finnish | selkeä | clear, sunny; Up to 1/8 covered by clouds; clear |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | selkedä | clear |