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Where does “lange” come from?

lange (Estonian) comes from Estonian langema, from Proto-Finnic langet'ak — to fall.

lange (Estonian): fall; lapse

Definitions

  1. fall; lapse

Ancestry of “lange”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianlangemato fall, to descend
2Proto-Finniclanget'akto fall

Words derived from “lange”

  • langetõbi
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