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Where does “biitsi” come from?

biitsi (Finnish) comes from English beach, from Middle English bache, from Old English bæċ.

biitsi (Finnish): beach

Definitions

  1. beach

Ancestry of “biitsi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbeachThe shore of a body of water, especially when...
2Middle Englishbachebank, sandbank
3Old Englishbæċ—
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