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Where does “helinä” come from?

helinä (Finnish) comes from Finnish helistä, from Finnish -ista — Forms frequentative verbs.

helinä (Finnish): jingle

Definitions

  1. jingle

Ancestry of “helinä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhelistäto jingle, tingle, clink
2Finnish-istaForms frequentative verbs

Words derived from “helinä”

  • sanahelinä
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