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Where does “hillitä” come from?

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

hillitä (Finnish): to restrain, curb; ~ "itsensä" = to keep it...

Definitions

  1. to restrain, curb; ~ "itsensä" = to keep it...

Ancestry of “hillitä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishHilja—
2LatinPlacidus—
3Latin-idustending to
4Proto-Italic*-iðos—

Words derived from “hillitä”

  • hillitty
  • hillittömyys
  • hillitysti
  • hillittömästi
  • itsehillintä
  • hillitön
  • hillintä
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