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Where does “hillintä” come from?

hillintä (Finnish) comes from Finnish hillitä, from Finnish Hilja, from Latin Placidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.

hillintä (Finnish): restrain, control

Definitions

  1. restrain, control

Ancestry of “hillintä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhillitäto restrain, curb; ~ "itsensä" = to keep it...
2FinnishHilja—
3LatinPlacidus—
4Latin-idustending to
5Proto-Italic*-iðos—

Words derived from “hillintä”

  • itsehillintä
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