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Where does “helistin” come from?

helistin (Finnish) comes from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

helistin (Finnish): rattle; First-person singular indicative past...

Definitions

  1. rattle; First-person singular indicative past...

Ancestry of “helistin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
3Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →