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Where does “pöördsõna” come from?

pöördsõna (Estonian) comes from Estonian pööre, from Estonian -e, from Proto-Finnic -ek, from Proto-Uralic -ek — Forms instrument nouns from verbs; Forms result...

pöördsõna (Estonian): verb

Definitions

  1. verb

Ancestry of “pöördsõna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianpööreturning, rotation; revolution; person
2Estonian-eDerives nouns from verbs; Derives adjectives
3Proto-Finnic-ekForms instrument nouns from verbs; Forms result...
4Proto-Uralic-ekForms instrument nouns from verbs; Forms result...
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