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Where does “kadilo” come from?

kadilo (Finnish) comes from Russian кади́ло, from Old East Slavic кадило, from Proto-Slavic kadidlo, from Proto-Slavic -dlo, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

kadilo (Finnish): censer used by the Orthodox church

Definitions

  1. censer used by the Orthodox church

Ancestry of “kadilo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianкади́лоcenser
2Old East Slavicкадилоincense
3Proto-Slavickadidloincense
4Proto-Slavic-dloForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
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