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Where does “häpeätahra” come from?

häpeätahra (Finnish) comes from Finnish häpeä, from Proto-Finnic häpedä — shame.

häpeätahra (Finnish): taint, blemish, blot, stigma

Definitions

  1. taint, blemish, blot, stigma

Ancestry of “häpeätahra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhäpeäshame; a shameful thing; inflection of hävetä: ##...
2Proto-Finnichäpedäshame
Every word from Proto-Finnic häpedä →