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Where does “kahluu” come from?

kahluu (Finnish) comes from Finnish -uu, from Finnish -au, from Finnish -ao, from Proto-Finnic -ado, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

kahluu (Finnish): wading, walking in water or other substance

Definitions

  1. wading, walking in water or other substance

Ancestry of “kahluu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-uuForms nouns from verbs
2Finnish-au—
3Finnish-ao—
4Proto-Finnic-ado—
5Proto-Finnic-o—
6Proto-Uralic-w—

Words derived from “kahluu”

  • kahluusaapas
  • kahluuallas
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →