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Where does “olympiavene” come from?

olympiavene (Finnish) comes from Finnish olympia-, from Latin Olympia, from Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

olympiavene (Finnish): Olympic boat

Definitions

  1. Olympic boat

Ancestry of “olympiavene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisholympia-Truncated form of olympialainen , used as...
2LatinOlympia—
3Ancient GreekὈλυμπία—
4Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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