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Where does “peast” come from?

peast (Estonian) comes from Estonian pea, from Proto-Finnic pää, from Proto-Uralic päŋe — head.

peast (Estonian): elative singular of pea; in a state, being in a...

Definitions

  1. elative singular of pea; in a state, being in a...

Ancestry of “peast”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianpeahead; almost; soon, immediately, quickly
2Proto-Finnicpäähead
3Proto-Uralicpäŋehead
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