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Where does “lahjoa” come from?

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

lahjoa (Finnish): To bribe

Definitions

  1. To bribe

Ancestry of “lahjoa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLahja—
2Finnishlahjapresent, gift; talent, gift
3Proto-Finniclahjawedding gift
4Proto-Germanicblahwjǭ—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlok-—

Words derived from “lahjoa”

  • lahjonta
  • lahjomaton
  • lahjominen
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