English
Koskela
Koskela comes from Finnish koski ‘rapids’, and goes back to Proto-Uralic *kośke.
- Proto-Uralicc. 3000–2000 BCE*kośke‘rapids, waterfall’reconstructed
- Proto-Finnicprehistoric (reconstructed)*koskireconstructed
- Finnishmodernkoski‘rapids’
- Finnish, derivedmodernKoskela
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Uralicc. 3000–2000 BCE*kośke‘rapids, waterfall’reconstructed
- Proto-Finnicprehistoric (reconstructed)*koskireconstructed
- Finnishmodernkoski‘rapids’
- Finnish, derivedmodernKoskela
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Proto-Uralic *kośke
Today it means
name A surname from Finnish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Uralic *kośke / Koskela