Where does “viillellä” come from?

viillellä (Finnish) comes from Finnish viiltää, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.

viillellä (Finnish): To incise

Definitions

  1. To incise

Ancestry of “viillellä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviiltääto incise, slit; Third-person singular indicative...
2FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
3Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
4Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
5Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

Words derived from “viillellä”

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