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Where does “loru” come from?

loru (Finnish) comes from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u.

loru (Finnish): short rhyme, e.g. nursery rhyme

Definitions

  1. short rhyme, e.g. nursery rhyme

Ancestry of “loru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
2Proto-Finnic-u—

Words derived from “loru”

  • valintaloru
  • loruta
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