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Where does “orpokoti” come from?

orpokoti (Finnish) comes from Finnish orpo, from Latin Urbānus, from Latin urbs, from Proto-Italic worβis, from Proto-Indo-European werbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European werb-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

orpokoti (Finnish): orphanage

Definitions

  1. orphanage

Ancestry of “orpokoti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishorpoorphan; orphan, orphaned; lonely
2LatinUrbānus—
3Latinurbsa city, walled town; the City, Rome
4Proto-Italicworβis—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwerbʰ-to enclose
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwerb-to throw, twist, bend; to turn, bend, twist; to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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