Where does “siilata” come from?

siilata (Finnish) comes from Finnish siili, from Estonian siil, from Proto-Finnic siili, from Proto-Finno-Ugric śijele — hedgehog.

siilata (Finnish): to strain, to filtrate

Definitions

  1. to strain, to filtrate

Ancestry of “siilata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsiilihedgehog; hedgehog, European hedgehog, common...
2Estoniansiilhedgehog
3Proto-Finnicsiilihedgehog
4Proto-Finno-Ugricśijelehedgehog

Words derived from “siilata”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric śijele →Every word from Proto-Finnic siili →Every word from Estonian siil →