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Where does “itsehillintä” come from?

itsehillintä (Finnish) comes from Finnish hillintä, from Finnish hillitä, from Finnish Hilja, from Latin Placidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.

itsehillintä (Finnish): self-control, self-command; self-possession;...

Definitions

  1. self-control, self-command; self-possession;...

Ancestry of “itsehillintä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhillintärestrain, control
2Finnishhillitäto restrain, curb; ~ "itsensä" = to keep it...
3FinnishHilja—
4LatinPlacidus—
5Latin-idustending to
6Proto-Italic*-iðos—
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