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Where does “hõljum” come from?

hõljum (Estonian) comes from Estonian -m, from Finnish -mpi, from Proto-Uralic -mpa.

hõljum (Estonian): plankton

Definitions

  1. plankton

Ancestry of “hõljum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonian-mForms comparative adjectives; Forms nouns from...
2Finnish-mpiForms comparative adjectives; Forms adjectives...
3Proto-Uralic-mpa—

Words derived from “hõljum”

  • hõljumiteadus
Every word from Proto-Uralic -mpa →