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Where does “hyväksymiskelvoton” come from?

hyväksymiskelvoton (Finnish) comes from Finnish kelvoton, from Finnish kelpo, from Finnish kelvata, from Proto-Finnic kelbat'ak, from Proto-Germanic helpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelb- — help.

hyväksymiskelvoton (Finnish): inacceptable, unacceptable

Definitions

  1. inacceptable, unacceptable

Ancestry of “hyväksymiskelvoton”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkelvotonuseless, good for nothing; worthless; unfit
2Finnishkelpodecent, good, fine
3Finnishkelvatato do, work, suffice
4Proto-Finnickelbat'ak—
5Proto-Germanichelpanąto help
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelb-help
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