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Where does “koro” come from?

koro (Finnish) comes from Finnish köröttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

koro (Finnish): line of partition, line; open scar; elevation

Definitions

  1. line of partition, line; open scar; elevation

Ancestry of “koro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishköröttääto drive slowly
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “koro”

  • koronkorko
  • koron
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →