Where does “liehureuna” come from?

liehureuna (Finnish) comes from Finnish reuna, from Proto-Finnic reuna — edge.

liehureuna (Finnish): A fly

Definitions

  1. A fly

Ancestry of “liehureuna”, step by step

liehureuna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish reuna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishreunarim; brink, edge, border; boundary
2Proto-Finnicreunaedge

via Finnish liehua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliehuato flutter, to wave
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