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Where does “hävit-” come from?
hävit- (Finnish) comes from Hungarian havi, from Hungarian hó, from Proto-Uralic kuŋe — the Moon.
Ancestry of “hävit-”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Hungarian
havi
monthly
2
Hungarian
hó
snow; month; whoa
3
Proto-Uralic
kuŋe
the Moon
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