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Where does “venytellä” come from?

venytellä (Finnish) comes from Finnish venyttää, from Finnish venyä, from Proto-Finnic venüdäk, from Proto-Finno-Permic wene-.

venytellä (Finnish): to stretch, flex; to rax

Definitions

  1. to stretch, flex; to rax

Ancestry of “venytellä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvenyttääto stretch
2Finnishvenyäto stretch
3Proto-Finnicvenüdäkto stretch
4Proto-Finno-Permicwene-—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic wene- →