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Where does “kaer” come from?
kaer (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic käkrä, from Proto-Germanic hagrō.
kaer
(Estonian): oats
Definitions
oats
Ancestry of “kaer”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Finnic
käkrä
bent, crooked
2
Proto-Germanic
hagrō
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