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Where does “surm” come from?

surm (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic surma, from Proto-Uralic *śurma.

surm (Estonian): death

Definitions

  1. death

Ancestry of “surm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicsurmadeath
2Proto-Uralic*śurma—

Words derived from “surm”

  • vabasurm
  • poomissurm
  • surm
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