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Where does “paljolti” come from?

paljolti (Finnish) comes from Finnish paljo, from Proto-Finnic paljo, from Proto-Germanic felu, from Proto-Germanic feluz, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

paljolti (Finnish): largely

Definitions

  1. largely

Ancestry of “paljolti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaljovoluminous, much, plenty
2Proto-Finnicpaljoplenty, voluminous, a lot , much
3Proto-Germanicfelumuch, a lot; a lot of; very
4Proto-Germanicfeluzmany; cruel, evil
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
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