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Where does “kainalo” come from?

kainalo (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic kainalo, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.

kainalo (Finnish): armpit

Definitions

  1. armpit

Ancestry of “kainalo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickainaloarmpit
2Proto-Uralicëlabelow

Words derived from “kainalo”

  • kainalokarva
  • kainalosauva
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