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Where does “livetä” come from?

livetä (Finnish) comes from Finnish lipeä, from Proto-Finnic lipeda — slippery.

livetä (Finnish): To slip

Definitions

  1. To slip

Ancestry of “livetä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlipeälye; slippery
2Proto-Finniclipedaslippery
Every word from Proto-Finnic lipeda →