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Where does “kuolain” come from?

kuolain (Finnish) comes from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

kuolain (Finnish): A bit

Definitions

  1. A bit

Ancestry of “kuolain”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
3Proto-Uralic-ma—

Words derived from “kuolain”

  • kankikuolain
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