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Where does “pielus” come from?

pielus (Finnish) comes from Finnish pieli, from Proto-Finnic peeli, from Proto-Samic pealjē, from Proto-Uralic peljä, from Proto-Uralic peele — side.

pielus (Finnish): pillow; any plant of genus "Lobularia"; the genus...

Definitions

  1. pillow; any plant of genus "Lobularia"; the genus...

Ancestry of “pielus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpielijamb, post; doorjamb, doorpost; gatepost; side
2Proto-Finnicpeeliside; jamb, doorpost; mast
3Proto-Samicpealjēear
4Proto-Uralicpeljäear
5Proto-Uralicpeeleside
Every word from Proto-Uralic peele →