Where does “virkeh” come from?

virkeh (Karelian) comes from Finnish virke, from Finnish virkkaa, from Proto-Finnic virkkadak — to say, to utter.

virkeh (Karelian): sentence; phrase

Definitions

  1. sentence; phrase

Ancestry of “virkeh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishvirkeA sentence
2FinnishvirkkaaTo speak, talk; To say, utter; Third-person...
3Proto-Finnicvirkkadakto say, to utter
Every word from Proto-Finnic virkkadak →Every word from Finnish virkkaa →Every word from Finnish virke →
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