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
Ancestry of “venytellä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | venyttää | to stretch |
| 2 | Finnish | venyä | to stretch |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | venüdäk | to stretch |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | wene- | — |