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Where does “jalasmökki” come from?

jalasmökki (Finnish) comes from Finnish jalas, from Proto-Finnic jalgas, from Proto-Finnic jalka, from Proto-Finno-Ugric jalka.

jalasmökki (Finnish): A hut built on runners like a sled, so that it...

Definitions

  1. A hut built on runners like a sled, so that it...

Ancestry of “jalasmökki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalasrunner; runner, skid; skid
2Proto-Finnicjalgasrunner, skid
3Proto-Finnicjalkaleg; foot
4Proto-Finno-Ugricjalka—
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