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Where does “vedama” come from?

vedama (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic vetädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric wetä- — to lead, guide, draw, pull; to lead, to guide, to...

vedama (Estonian): to pull, to carry; to haul; to be lucky

Definitions

  1. to pull, to carry; to haul; to be lucky

Ancestry of “vedama”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicvetädäk—
2Proto-Finno-Ugricwetä-to lead, guide, draw, pull; to lead, to guide, to...
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