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Where does “jäntevöidä” come from?

jäntevöidä (Finnish) comes from Finnish jäntevä, from Finnish jänne, from Proto-Finnic jändek, from Proto-Uralic jänte — string.

jäntevöidä (Finnish): to increase the flexibility of; to make more...

Definitions

  1. to increase the flexibility of; to make more...

Ancestry of “jäntevöidä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjänteväsinewy; flexible; wiry
2Finnishjännetendon, sinew; bowstring, string; chord
3Proto-Finnicjändekbowstring
4Proto-Uralicjäntestring
Every word from Proto-Uralic jänte →