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Where does “kiiltomato” come from?

kiiltomato (Finnish) comes from Finnish mato, from Proto-Finnic mato, from Proto-Finno-Ugric mačo.

kiiltomato (Finnish): A common glowworm; A glowworm; In plural , the...

Definitions

  1. A common glowworm; A glowworm; In plural , the...

Ancestry of “kiiltomato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmatoworm; maggot; tilde
2Proto-Finnicmatoworm
3Proto-Finno-Ugricmačo—
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