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Where does “jalg” come from?

jalg (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic jalka, from Proto-Finno-Ugric jalka.

jalg (Estonian): trail, track; trace, mark

Definitions

  1. trail, track; trace, mark

Ancestry of “jalg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicjalkaleg; foot
2Proto-Finno-Ugricjalka—
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