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Where does “lähiö” come from?

lähiö (Finnish) comes from Finnish -iö, from Spanish -ijo, from Proto-Bantu ì- — Class 5 noun prefix.

lähiö (Finnish): suburb

Definitions

  1. suburb

Ancestry of “lähiö”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-iöFront vowel variant of -io
2Spanish-ijoindicating a diminutive or despective quality
3Proto-Bantuì-Class 5 noun prefix

Words derived from “lähiö”

  • asumalähiö
  • betonilähiö
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