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Where does “Lauri” come from?

Lauri (Finnish) comes from Latin Laurentius, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Lauri (Finnish): Laurence

Definitions

  1. Laurence

Ancestry of “Lauri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinLaurentiusLaurence; Laurente
2Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
3Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
4Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “Lauri”

  • Lassi
  • Lasse
  • Laukkanen
  • Laurila
  • Lassila
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →