olla etymology

Finnish word olla comes from Proto-Uralic *wole-, and later Proto-Finnic *oldak (To be.)

Detailed word origin of olla

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*wole- Proto-Uralic (urj-pro)
*oldak Proto-Finnic (fiu-fin-pro) To be.
olla Finnish (fin) (copular) To be (indicating that the subject and the complement of the verb form the same thing).. (copular) To be, constitute, make up, form.. (intransitive) To be (occupy a place). (intransitive) To behave, act (as if...) (when followed by a subordinate clause beginning with (ikään,) kuin, requiring conditional mood).. (intransitive) adessive + 3rd-pers. singular + [...]

Words with the same origin as olla

Descendants of *wole-
asuinolot asunto-olot oleellinen oleellisesti oleilu olemaan olemassaolo oleminen olemus olento oleskella oletettavasti olettaa olija olio olisinkohan olla olemassa olla olevinaan ollenkaan olleti olo olot oltavat työolot