Where does “kesä” come from?

kesä (Proto-Finnic) comes from Proto-Indo-European h₁ós-r.

kesä (Proto-Finnic): summer; fallow

Definitions

  1. summer; fallow

Ancestry of “kesä”, step by step

kesä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European h₁ós-r

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ós-r—

via Proto-Finno-Ugric kesä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finno-Ugrickesä—

Words derived from “kesä”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ós-r →