Where does “ihmispaljous” come from?
ihmispaljous (Finnish) comes from Finnish paljous, from Finnish paljo, from Proto-Finnic paljo, from Proto-Germanic felu, from Proto-Germanic feluz, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
ihmispaljous (Finnish): A large crowd of people
Ancestry of “ihmispaljous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | paljous | quantity, volume, mass, multitude |
| 2 | Finnish | paljo | voluminous, much, plenty |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | paljo | plenty, voluminous, a lot , much |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | felu | much, a lot; a lot of; very |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | feluz | many; cruel, evil |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |