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Where does “lahjattomuus” come from?

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

lahjattomuus (Finnish): talentlessness

Definitions

  1. talentlessness

Ancestry of “lahjattomuus”, step by step

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