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Where does “kaventaa” come from?

kaventaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish kapea, from Proto-Finnic kapeda.

kaventaa (Finnish): to narrow, narrow down; to reduce, decrease; to...

Definitions

  1. to narrow, narrow down; to reduce, decrease; to...

Ancestry of “kaventaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkapeanarrow
2Proto-Finnickapeda—

Words derived from “kaventaa”

  • kavennus
  • kaventuma
  • kaventua
  • kavennusmaali
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