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Where does “erikoisuus” come from?

erikoisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish erikoinen, from Finnish eri, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *erei, from Proto-Indo-European er- — eagle, bird; loose, light, rare, sparse; to fail,...

erikoisuus (Finnish): specialty; peculiarity, oddity

Definitions

  1. specialty; peculiarity, oddity

Ancestry of “erikoisuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisherikoinenSpecial, exceptional, out of the ordinary;...
2Finnisheridifferent, other, another; different, separate;...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*erei—
4Proto-Indo-Europeaner-eagle, bird; loose, light, rare, sparse; to fail,...
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