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Where does “šeikki” come from?

šeikki (Finnish) comes from Arabic شَيْخ, from Arabic شَاخَ — to age, grow old; to age, to grow old; to grow...

šeikki (Finnish): sheikh, sheik

Definitions

  1. sheikh, sheik

Ancestry of “šeikki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicشَيْخsheikh; an elder in charge; elder
2Arabicشَاخَto age, grow old; to age, to grow old; to grow...

Words derived from “šeikki”

  • öljyšeikki
  • öljysheikki
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