-skella
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *-skëldak, initial component from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-śk- and the latter equivalent to -ella.
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-skella (front vowel harmony variant -skellä, stem -skele-, linguistic notation -skele- or -skellA)
- Forms frequentative verbs, chiefly from bisyllabic stems.
Usage notes
[edit]A preceding -a- or -ä- becomes an -e- (compare -ella).