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Where does “itkuvirsi” come from?

itkuvirsi (Finnish) comes from Finnish virsi, from Proto-Finnic virci, from Proto-Finnic virti.

itkuvirsi (Finnish): a type of singing while crying in a specific...

Definitions

  1. a type of singing while crying in a specific...

Ancestry of “itkuvirsi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirsihymn, psalm or chant
2Proto-Finnicvircisong, poem
3Proto-Finnicvirti—
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