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Where does “kantele” come from?

kantele (English) comes from Finnish kantele, from Proto-Baltic kantla.

kantele (English): A plucked string instrument of the Baltic...

Definitions

  1. A plucked string instrument of the Baltic...

Ancestry of “kantele”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkantelekantele; Indicative present connegative form of...
2Proto-Baltickantla—
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