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Where does “Egle” come from?

Egle (Estonian) comes from Lithuanian eglė, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *edlis.

Ancestry of “Egle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanianeglėspruce
2Proto-Balto-Slavic*edlis—
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