Where does “sormeilu” come from?

sormeilu (Finnish) comes from Finnish sormeilla, from Finnish sormi, from Proto-Finnic sormi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric sorme.

sormeilu (Finnish): fingering, touching with one's fingers

Definitions

  1. fingering, touching with one's fingers

Ancestry of “sormeilu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsormeillaTo finger
2Finnishsormifinger
3Proto-Finnicsormifinger
4Proto-Finno-Ugricsorme—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric sorme →Every word from Proto-Finnic sormi →Every word from Finnish sormi →
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