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

Definitions

  1. paintbrush

Ancestry of “sivellin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsivelläto paint; to spread; to stroke
2Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
3Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
4Proto-Uralic-le-—

Words derived from “sivellin”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -le- →Every word from Finnish -ella →Every word from Finnish sivellä →
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