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Where does “kalevalamitta” come from?

kalevalamitta (Finnish) comes from Finnish Kalevala, from Finnish Kaleva, from Proto-Finnic kalega.

kalevalamitta (Finnish): Kalevala meter; a trochaic meter in poetry

Definitions

  1. Kalevala meter; a trochaic meter in poetry

Ancestry of “kalevalamitta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKalevala—
2FinnishKaleva—
3Proto-Finnickalega—
Every word from Proto-Finnic kalega →