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Where does “nuolikko” come from?

nuolikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish nuoli, from Proto-Finnic nooli, from Proto-Uralic ńële — arrow.

nuolikko (Finnish): dartfish; wormfish

Definitions

  1. dartfish; wormfish

Ancestry of “nuolikko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnuoliarrow; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Proto-Finnicnooliarrow
3Proto-Uralicńëlearrow

Words derived from “nuolikko”

  • seepranuolikko
Every word from Proto-Uralic ńële →