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Where does “kirjavoida” come from?

kirjavoida (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirjava, from Finnish -va, from Proto-Finnic -pa, from Proto-Uralic -pa.

kirjavoida (Finnish): to add color into, to make multicolored, to make...

Definitions

  1. to add color into, to make multicolored, to make...

Ancestry of “kirjavoida”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjavacolorful, colored, mottled, iridescent,...
2Finnish-vaForms the present active participle of a verb,...
3Proto-Finnic-pa-ing; forms the present participle, which is...
4Proto-Uralic-pa—

Words derived from “kirjavoida”

  • kirjavoitua
Every word from Proto-Uralic -pa →