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Where does “vikerkaarelipp” come from?

vikerkaarelipp (Estonian) comes from Estonian lipp, from German Philipp, from Ancient Greek φίλιππος, from Ancient Greek φιλέω, from Ancient Greek ἀτέλεια, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- — together, one.

vikerkaarelipp (Estonian): rainbow flag

Definitions

  1. rainbow flag

Ancestry of “vikerkaarelipp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianlippflag; queen
2GermanPhilipp—
3Ancient Greekφίλιπποςfond of horses
4Ancient GreekφιλέωI love, like, regard highly; I treat kindly,...
5Ancient Greekἀτέλεια—
6Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
7Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
8Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
9Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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