Where does “sivellä” come from?
sivellä (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.
sivellä (Finnish): to paint; to spread; to stroke
Definitions
- to paint; to spread; to stroke
Ancestry of “sivellä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | -ella | Forms . The resulting verb often describes a more... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | -eldak | Forms frequentative verbs |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | -le- | — |
Words derived from “sivellä”