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Where does “korkea maila” come from?

korkea maila (Finnish) comes from Finnish korkea, from Proto-Finnic korkeda — tall, high.

korkea maila (Finnish): high-sticking; high stick

Definitions

  1. high-sticking; high stick

Ancestry of “korkea maila”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkorkeahigh; tall, high
2Proto-Finnickorkedatall, high
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