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Where does “yskiskellä” come from?

yskiskellä (Finnish) comes from Finnish yskiä, from Finnish ia, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

yskiskellä (Finnish): To cough

Definitions

  1. To cough

Ancestry of “yskiskellä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyskiäto cough; to expectorate; Partitive plural form...
2FinnishiaObsolete spelling of ja
3Finnishjaand; AND
4Proto-Finnicja—
5Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
6Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
7Proto-Germanic-hwe—
8Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →