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Where does “aviopetos” come from?

aviopetos (Finnish) comes from Finnish petos, from Finnish pettää, from Proto-Finnic pettädäk, from Proto-Baltic spenˀstei.

aviopetos (Finnish): The act of enticing someone to marry or to give a...

Definitions

  1. The act of enticing someone to marry or to give a...

Ancestry of “aviopetos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpetosbetrayal, treachery, treason; fraud
2Finnishpettääto cheat, con, swindle, defraud; to deceive,...
3Proto-Finnicpettädäk—
4Proto-Balticspenˀstei—
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