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Where does “haulikkohäät” come from?

haulikkohäät (Finnish) comes from Finnish haulikko, from Finnish hauli, from Old Swedish haghl, from Proto-Germanic haglaz, from Proto-Indo-European kagʰlos — pebble, hail.

haulikkohäät (Finnish): shotgun wedding

Definitions

  1. shotgun wedding

Ancestry of “haulikkohäät”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaulikkoshotgun
2Finnishhaulismall shot
3Old Swedishhaghl—
4Proto-Germanichaglazhail; name of the H-rune
5Proto-Indo-Europeankagʰlospebble, hail
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