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Where does “alttari” come from?

alttari (Finnish) comes from Old Swedish altari, from Old Norse altari, from Old Saxon altari, from Latin altāre, from Latin adoleō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

alttari (Finnish): altar

Definitions

  1. altar

Ancestry of “alttari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishaltari—
2Old Norsealtari—
3Old Saxonaltari—
4Latinaltāre—
5Latinadoleō—
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “alttari”

  • vihkialttari
  • uhrialttari
  • siipialttari
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →