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Where does “nauliutua” come from?

nauliutua (Finnish) comes from Finnish naulita, from Finnish naula, from Proto-Finnic nakla, from Proto-Germanic naglaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₃nogʰ- — claw, nail; nail.

nauliutua (Finnish): to get stuck as if nailed

Definitions

  1. to get stuck as if nailed

Ancestry of “nauliutua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnaulitato rivet, to nail
2Finnishnaulanail; pound; funt, funte
3Proto-Finnicnaklapeg, nail
4Proto-Germanicnaglaznail; nail or peg used for fastening
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃nogʰ-claw, nail; nail
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