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Where does “erittää” come from?

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

erittää (Finnish): to secrete; to excrete; third-person singular...

Definitions

  1. to secrete; to excrete; third-person singular...

Ancestry of “erittää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisheritäto differ from; Indicative present connegative...
2Finnisheridifferent, other, another; different, separate;...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*erei—
4Proto-Indo-Europeaner-eagle, bird; loose, light, rare, sparse; to fail,...

Words derived from “erittää”

  • eritelmä
  • sisäeritteinen
  • erite
  • erittyä
  • erittää
  • umpieritteinen
  • erittelijä
  • eritellä
  • syljeneritys
  • virtsaneritys
  • eritys
Every word from Proto-Indo-European er- →