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Where does “nuorisokoti” come from?

nuorisokoti (Finnish) comes from Finnish koti, from Proto-Finnic kotei, from Proto-Finnic kota, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kota, from Proto-Uralic kota — hut, tent, tepee.

nuorisokoti (Finnish): youth detention centre, detention home, juvenile...

Definitions

  1. youth detention centre, detention home, juvenile...

Ancestry of “nuorisokoti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkotihome
2Proto-Finnickotei—
3Proto-Finnickotatent, hut
4Proto-Finno-Ugrickotatent, hut, house
5Proto-Uralickotahut, tent, tepee
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