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Where does “kiilu” come from?

kiilu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiilua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk.

kiilu (Finnish): A glow; Someone who oversees or supervises , like...

Definitions

  1. A glow; Someone who oversees or supervises , like...

Ancestry of “kiilu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkiiluaTo glimmer
2Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-üdäk—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäk →