Where does “utelu” come from?
utelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish udella, from Proto-Finnic uteldak, from Proto-Finno-Permic ute-.
utelu (Finnish): query
Ancestry of “utelu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | udella | to ask questions about, to fish for information |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | uteldak | — |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | ute- | — |