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Where does “põsk” come from?

põsk (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic poski, from Proto-Uralic poske — cheek.

põsk (Estonian): cheek

Definitions

  1. cheek

Ancestry of “põsk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicposkicheek
2Proto-Uralicposkecheek
Every word from Proto-Uralic poske →