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Where does “lahjakkuus” come from?

lahjakkuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish lahjakas, from Finnish Lahja, from Finnish lahja, from Proto-Finnic lahja, from Proto-Germanic blahwjǭ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlok-.

lahjakkuus (Finnish): giftedness

Definitions

  1. giftedness

Ancestry of “lahjakkuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlahjakasgifted
2FinnishLahja—
3Finnishlahjapresent, gift; talent, gift
4Proto-Finniclahjawedding gift
5Proto-Germanicblahwjǭ—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlok-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰlok- →