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Where does “nurkkakuntaisuus” come from?

nurkkakuntaisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish nurkkakuntainen, from Finnish nurkkakunta, from Finnish kunta, from Proto-Finnic kunta, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kunta.

nurkkakuntaisuus (Finnish): parochialism

Definitions

  1. parochialism

Ancestry of “nurkkakuntaisuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnurkkakuntainenprovincial, backwoodsy, parochial
2Finnishnurkkakuntaclique
3Finnishkuntamunicipality, commune; local political division;...
4Proto-Finnickunta—
5Proto-Finno-Ugrickunta—
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