Where does “neiti” come from?

neiti (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic neiti, from Proto-Uralic nejde — girl.

neiti (Finnish): miss

Definitions

  1. miss

Ancestry of “neiti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicneitigirl, young woman
2Proto-Uralicnejdegirl

Words derived from “neiti”

Every word from Proto-Uralic nejde →Every word from Proto-Finnic neiti →
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