Where does “askelpalautin” come from?
askelpalautin (Finnish) comes from Finnish palautin, from Finnish palauttaa, from Finnish mieli, from Proto-Finnic meeli, from Proto-Finno-Permic mäle.
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Ancestry of “askelpalautin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | palautin | receiver; recloser; first-person singular past... |
| 2 | Finnish | palauttaa | to return; to return, restore, revert |
| 3 | Finnish | mieli | mood; sense, meaning; mind |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | meeli | one's senses, mind |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Permic | mäle | — |