Where does “jalus” come from?

jalus (Finnish) comes from Finnish jalka, from Proto-Finnic jalka, from Proto-Finno-Ugric jalka.

jalus (Finnish): sheet

Definitions

  1. sheet

Ancestry of “jalus”, step by step

jalus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jalka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalkafoot; leg; the lower limb of a human
2Proto-Finnicjalkaleg; foot
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjalka—

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “jalus”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric jalka →Every word from Proto-Finnic jalka →Every word from Finnish jalka →
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