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Where does “äijähaara” come from?

äijähaara (Finnish) comes from Finnish äijä, from Proto-Finnic äijä, from Proto-Finno-Permic äjjä.

äijähaara (Finnish): manspreading

Definitions

  1. manspreading

Ancestry of “äijähaara”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishäijäAn old man; geezer, gaffer; A real man, tough...
2Proto-Finnicäijäold man
3Proto-Finno-Permicäjjä—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic äjjä →