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Where does “imelä” come from?

imelä (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic imelä, from Proto-Finno-Permic jimä.

imelä (Finnish): overly sweet, sugary, syrupy; cloying, syrupy

Definitions

  1. overly sweet, sugary, syrupy; cloying, syrupy

Ancestry of “imelä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicimelä—
2Proto-Finno-Permicjimä—

Words derived from “imelä”

  • imelle
  • imeltää
  • imelöittää
  • hapanimeläkastike
  • hapanimelä
  • imeläkirsikka
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