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Where does “surm” come from?
surm (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic surma, from Proto-Uralic *śurma.
surm
(Estonian): death
Definitions
death
Ancestry of “surm”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Finnic
surma
death
2
Proto-Uralic
*śurma
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Words derived from “surm”
surm
poomissurm
vabasurm
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