Where does “harppoa” come from?
harppoa (Finnish) comes from Finnish -öä, from Proto-Finnic -odak, from Proto-Uralic -w-.
harppoa (Finnish): to stride
Ancestry of “harppoa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | -öä | Front vowel variant of -oa |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | -odak | — |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | -w- | — |