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Where does “huullos” come from?

huullos (Finnish) comes from Finnish huultaa, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.

huullos (Finnish): rabbet, rebate

Definitions

  1. rabbet, rebate

Ancestry of “huullos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuultaato rabbet; Third-person singular indicative...
2FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
3Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
4Proto-Finnictaka—
5Proto-Uralictakaa place behind
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