Where does “viileskely” come from?

viileskely (Finnish) comes from Finnish viileskellä, from Finnish viillä, from Proto-Finnic viildäk, from Proto-Finno-Permic vije- — to cut.

viileskely (Finnish): (repeatedly) incising or slitting

Definitions

  1. (repeatedly) incising or slitting

Ancestry of “viileskely”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviileskellä—
2Finnishviillä—
3Proto-Finnicviildäkto cut, to slit
4Proto-Finno-Permicvije-to cut
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic vije- →Every word from Proto-Finnic viildäk →Every word from Finnish viillä →