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Where does “haarakiila” come from?

haarakiila (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiila, from Middle Low German kil, from Old Norse kjǫlr, from Proto-Norse kelu-, from Finnish Kela, from Finnish Kansaneläkelaitos, from Finnish känsä, from Finnish kanssa — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...

haarakiila (Finnish): crotch gusset

Definitions

  1. crotch gusset

Ancestry of “haarakiila”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiilawedge; gusset; key
2Middle Low Germankil—
3Old Norsekjǫlrkeel
4Proto-Norsekelu-—
5FinnishKela—
6FinnishKansaneläkelaitos—
7Finnishkänsäcallus
8Finnishkanssawith; also, too
9Finnishkansassa—
10Finnishkansapeople; nation
11Proto-Finnickansapeople, folk
12Proto-GermanichansōA gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A...
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómsōdunion; gathering; union, gathering
14Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
15Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
16Middle Englishkyt—
17Middle Dutchkittea wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
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