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Where does “itkupilli” come from?

itkupilli (Finnish) comes from Finnish pilli, from Proto-Finnic pilli.

itkupilli (Finnish): crybaby

Definitions

  1. crybaby

Ancestry of “itkupilli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpilliwhistle; pipe; drinking straw, straw
2Proto-Finnicpilli—
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