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Where does “huolettomuus” come from?

huolettomuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish huoleton, from Finnish huoli, from Proto-Finnic hooli, from Swedish hål, from Old Swedish hul, from Old Norse hól, from Proto-Germanic hulą, from Proto-Germanic hulaz — to cover; to incline.

huolettomuus (Finnish): carelessness

Definitions

  1. carelessness

Ancestry of “huolettomuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuoletoncarefree; scatterbrained
2Finnishhuoliworry, concern; Third-person singular indicative...
3Proto-Finnichooliworry, concern
4Swedishhåla hole; a hole, an opening in something solid; a...
5Old Swedishhul—
6Old Norsehól—
7Proto-Germanichuląa hollow; depression; hole
8Proto-Germanichulazhollow
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline
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