Where does “selkeys” come from?

selkeys (Finnish) comes from Finnish selkeä, from Proto-Finnic selkedä — clear.

selkeys (Finnish): clarity

Definitions

  1. clarity

Ancestry of “selkeys”, step by step

selkeys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish selkeä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishselkeäclear, sunny; Up to 1/8 covered by clouds; clear
2Proto-Finnicselkedäclear

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing
Every word from Proto-Finnic selkedäEvery word from Finnish selkeä
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