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Where does “nieleskellä” come from?

nieleskellä (Finnish) comes from Finnish niellä, from Proto-Finnic neeldäk, from Proto-Uralic ńäle- — to swallow.

nieleskellä (Finnish): To swallow, gulp in a continuous/indifferent...

Definitions

  1. To swallow, gulp in a continuous/indifferent...

Ancestry of “nieleskellä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnielläto swallow
2Proto-Finnicneeldäkto swallow
3Proto-Uralicńäle-to swallow
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