Where does “hoidla” come from?
hoidla (Estonian) comes from Estonian -la, from Proto-Finnic -la — locative suffix.
hoidla (Estonian): depot
Ancestry of “hoidla”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Estonian | -la | Forms nouns that signify a place |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | -la | locative suffix |