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Where does “ompelusauma” come from?

ompelusauma (Finnish) comes from Finnish sauma, from Proto-Norse saumaʀ, from Proto-Germanic saumaz, from Proto-Indo-European syuHmen-, from Proto-Indo-European siH-u-.

ompelusauma (Finnish): sewn seam

Definitions

  1. sewn seam

Ancestry of “ompelusauma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaumaseam; chance, window of opportunity
2Proto-Norsesaumaʀ—
3Proto-Germanicsaumazstitch, seam, hem, edge
4Proto-Indo-EuropeansyuHmen-band
5Proto-Indo-EuropeansiH-u-—
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