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

  1. to paint; to spread; to stroke

Ancestry of “sivellä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
2Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
3Proto-Uralic-le-—

Words derived from “sivellä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -le- →Every word from Finnish -ella →Every word from Proto-Finnic -eldak →
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