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Where does “lajiutuminen” come from?

lajiutuminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish lajiutua, from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach, from Old Saxon slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi, from Swedish slagg, from Low German slagge — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

lajiutuminen (Finnish): speciation; nominative of fourth infinitive of...

Definitions

  1. speciation; nominative of fourth infinitive of...

Ancestry of “lajiutuminen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlajiutuaTo speciate; to divide into new species
2Finnishlajikind, sort; species; sport
3Old Swedishslagh—
4Middle Low Germanslach—
5Old Saxonslag—
6Proto-West Germanicslagiblow, strike
7Swedishslagg—
8Low Germanslagge—
9Middle Low Germanslagge—
10Middle Low Germanslānto hit, strike
11Old Saxonslāhan—
12Proto-West Germanicslahanto hit, to strike; to kill
13Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
14Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
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