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Where does “hali” come from?

hali (Finnish) comes from Finnish halata, from Proto-Germanic halōną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.

hali (Finnish): hug; Third-person singular indicative past form...

Definitions

  1. hug; Third-person singular indicative past form...

Ancestry of “hali”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhalatato hug, embrace; to want
2Proto-Germanichalōnąto call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot

Words derived from “hali”

  • halin
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