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Where does “kellonlyömä” come from?

kellonlyömä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kello, from Proto-Finnic kello, from Proto-Germanic skellǭ, from Proto-Indo-European sḱel-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.

kellonlyömä (Finnish): stroke

Definitions

  1. stroke

Ancestry of “kellonlyömä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkelloclock; o'clock; time
2Proto-Finnickello—
3Proto-Germanicskellǭbell
4Proto-Indo-Europeansḱel-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot
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