Where does “sively” come from?

sively (Finnish) comes from Finnish sivellä, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.

sively (Finnish): painting, spreading, stroking with a paintbrush or similar

Definitions

  1. painting, spreading, stroking with a paintbrush or similar

Ancestry of “sively”, 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-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le- →Every word from Finnish -ella →Every word from Finnish sivellä →