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Where does “ehtolause” come from?

ehtolause (Finnish) comes from Finnish ehto, from Finnish ehtiä, from Proto-Finnic ehtidäk, from Proto-Finno-Permic ešte-.

ehtolause (Finnish): conditional sentence, conditional; conditional

Definitions

  1. conditional sentence, conditional; conditional

Ancestry of “ehtolause”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishehtocondition, term; reservation; candidacy in an...
2Finnishehtiäto make it, arrive or reach; to have/find time
3Proto-Finnicehtidäk—
4Proto-Finno-Permicešte-—
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