Where does “syyttelijä” come from?
syyttelijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish syytellä, from Finnish syyttää, from Finnish syy, from Proto-Finnic süü, from Proto-Uralic śuwe — mouth.
syyttelijä (Finnish): one who blames (others) or accuses repeatedly
Definitions
- one who blames (others) or accuses repeatedly
Ancestry of “syyttelijä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | syytellä | To accuse someone repeatedly or continuously |
| 2 | Finnish | syyttää | to blame, blame (something) on, accuse |
| 3 | Finnish | syy | fibre; filament; grain |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | süü | thread, fibre; annual ring; reason, cause |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | śuwe | mouth |