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Where does “ohraisesti” come from?

ohraisesti (Finnish) comes from Finnish ohrainen, from Finnish ohra, from Proto-Finnic ocra, from Proto-Baltic aśras — sharp.

ohraisesti (Finnish): "käydä ~ ": to end up unluckily or unfortunately,...

Definitions

  1. "käydä ~ ": to end up unluckily or unfortunately,...

Ancestry of “ohraisesti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishohrainenbarley; resembling or tasting of barley
2Finnishohrabarley
3Proto-Finnicocrabarley
4Proto-Balticaśrassharp
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