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Where does “eliöyhteisö” come from?

eliöyhteisö (Finnish) comes from Finnish yhteisö, from Finnish -isö, from Vietnamese số, from French sœur, from Middle French soeur, from Old French suer, from Latin soror, from Proto-Italic swezōr — blood.

eliöyhteisö (Finnish): community; biocoenosis

Definitions

  1. community; biocoenosis

Ancestry of “eliöyhteisö”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyhteisöcommunity; corporation, organization
2Finnish-isö—
3Vietnamesesốnumber; size; amount; count
4Frenchsœursister; nun
5Middle Frenchsoeursister
6Old Frenchsuernominative singular of seror; to dry
7Latinsororsister; cousin, daughter of a father's brother;...
8Proto-Italicswezōrsister
9Proto-Indo-Europeanswésōrsister
10Proto-Indo-Europeansu-h₁ésh₂-ōr—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ésh₂r̥blood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésh₂r̥ →