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Where does “ära käima” come from?

ära käima (Estonian) comes from Estonian käima, from Proto-Finnic käüdäk, from Proto-Finnic käwe-, from Proto-Germanic *skēwijaną.

ära käima (Estonian): to visit, to go somewhere, to go

Definitions

  1. to visit, to go somewhere, to go

Ancestry of “ära käima”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankäimato walk; to go; to move, to go
2Proto-Finnickäüdäkto walk, to go
3Proto-Finnickäwe-—
4Proto-Germanic*skēwijaną—
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