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Where does “eristin” come from?

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

eristin (Finnish): insulator; First-person singular indicative past...

Definitions

  1. insulator; First-person singular indicative past...

Ancestry of “eristin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisheristääto isolate, seclude, sequester; to quarantine; to...
2Finnisheridifferent, other, another; different, separate;...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*erei—
4Proto-Indo-Europeaner-eagle, bird; loose, light, rare, sparse; to fail,...
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