Where does “uteliaisuus” come from?

uteliaisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish utelias, from Finnish udella, from Proto-Finnic uteldak, from Proto-Finno-Permic ute-.

uteliaisuus (Finnish): curiousness

Definitions

  1. curiousness

Ancestry of “uteliaisuus”, step by step

uteliaisuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish utelias

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuteliascurious, inquisitive
2Finnishudellato ask questions about, to fish for information
3Proto-Finnicuteldak—
4Proto-Finno-Permicute-—

via Finnish isuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishisuus—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic ute- →Every word from Proto-Finnic uteldak →Every word from Finnish udella →
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