Where does “kelʹ” come from?

kelʹ (Veps) comes from Proto-Finnic keeli, from Proto-Uralic käle — tongue; language.

kelʹ (Veps): tongue

Definitions

  1. tongue

Ancestry of “kelʹ”, step by step

kelʹ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Finnic keeli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickeelitongue; language
2Proto-Uralickäletongue; language

via Proto-Algic ki·la

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Algicki·layou

Words derived from “kelʹ”

Every word from Proto-Uralic käle →Every word from Proto-Finnic keeli →