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Where does “huurre” come from?

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

huurre (Finnish): rime

Definitions

  1. rime

Ancestry of “huurre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhuurtaaTo frost, fog up; Third-person singular...
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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