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Where does “keeleluu” come from?

keeleluu (Estonian) comes from Estonian luu, from Proto-Finnic luu, from Proto-Uralic luwe, from Proto-Iranian *Hrawpācáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás.

keeleluu (Estonian): hyoid bone

Definitions

  1. hyoid bone

Ancestry of “keeleluu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianluubone
2Proto-Finnicluubone
3Proto-Uralicluwebone
4Proto-Iranian*Hrawpācáh—
5Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hrawpāćás—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás →