Where does “selventyä” come from?

selventyä (Finnish) comes from Finnish selventää, from Finnish selvä, from Proto-Finnic selvä.

Ancestry of “selventyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishselventääto clarify; Third-person singular indicative...
2Finnishselväclear; free; sober
3Proto-Finnicselvä—
Every word from Proto-Finnic selvä →Every word from Finnish selvä →Every word from Finnish selventää →