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Where does “avarrin” come from?

avarrin (Finnish) comes from Finnish avartaa, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.

avarrin (Finnish): expander

Definitions

  1. expander

Ancestry of “avarrin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishavartaato expand, enlarge, widen; Third-person singular...
2FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
3Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
4Proto-Finnictaka—
5Proto-Uralictakaa place behind
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