Where does “viilentyä” come from?

viilentyä (Finnish) comes from Finnish viilentää, from Finnish viileä, from Finnish vilu, from Proto-Finnic vilu — cool, cold.

Ancestry of “viilentyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviilentääto cool, chill; Third-person singular indicative...
2Finnishviileäcool
3Finnishvilucold
4Proto-Finnicvilucool, cold
Every word from Proto-Finnic vilu →Every word from Finnish vilu →Every word from Finnish viileä →
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