Where does “sivellin” come from?
sivellin (Finnish) comes from Finnish sivellä, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.
sivellin (Finnish): paintbrush
Ancestry of “sivellin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | sivellä | to paint; to spread; to stroke |
| 2 | Finnish | -ella | Forms . The resulting verb often describes a more... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -eldak | Forms frequentative verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -le- | — |
Words derived from “sivellin”