Where does “viiltely” come from?
viiltely (Finnish) comes from Finnish viillellä, from Finnish viiltää, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.
viiltely (Finnish): incising, incision
Ancestry of “viiltely”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | viillellä | To incise |
| 2 | Finnish | viiltää | to incise, slit; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 3 | Finnish | taa | Of movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse |
| 4 | Finnish | taka | the backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | taka | — |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | taka | a place behind |