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Where does “kainalosauva” come from?

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

kainalosauva (Finnish): crutch

Definitions

  1. crutch

Ancestry of “kainalosauva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkainaloarmpit
2Proto-Finnickainaloarmpit
3Proto-Uralicëlabelow
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