Where does “tuntikehys” come from?

tuntikehys (Finnish) comes from Finnish kehys, from Finnish kehä, from Proto-Finnic kehä, from Proto-Finnic keššä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric keččä.

tuntikehys (Finnish): The amount of (instruction) time allocated (or that can be allocated) for school lessons (possibly in a specific school subject)

Definitions

  1. The amount of (instruction) time allocated (or that can be allocated) for school lessons (possibly in a specific school subject)

Ancestry of “tuntikehys”, step by step

tuntikehys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kehys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkehysframe; cadre
2Finnishkehäcircle, ring; halo; circle, circumference
3Proto-Finnickehäcircle, ring
4Proto-Finnickeššä—
5Proto-Finno-Ugrickeččä—

via Finnish tunti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuntihour; lesson, class
2Old Swedishstund—

Words derived from “tuntikehys”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric keččä →
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