Where does “selittyä” come from?

selittyä (Finnish) comes from Finnish selittää, from Finnish selitä, from Finnish selkeä, from Proto-Finnic selkedä — clear.

selittyä (Finnish): to be explained

Definitions

  1. to be explained

Ancestry of “selittyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishselittääto explain; to explicate
2Finnishselitäto clear; Indicative present connegative form of...
3Finnishselkeäclear, sunny; Up to 1/8 covered by clouds; clear
4Proto-Finnicselkedäclear
Every word from Proto-Finnic selkedä →Every word from Finnish selkeä →Every word from Finnish selitä →