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Where does “nyrkkeilyhansikas” come from?

nyrkkeilyhansikas (Finnish) comes from Finnish hansikas, from Finnish -kas, from Proto-Finnic -k'as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

nyrkkeilyhansikas (Finnish): boxing glove

Definitions

  1. boxing glove

Ancestry of “nyrkkeilyhansikas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhansikasglove
2Finnish-kas-y, -ful; a suffix that can be used to turn many,...
3Proto-Finnic-k'asForms adjectives from nouns, indicating a...
4Proto-Finnic-s—
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—
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