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Where does “platinakoru” come from?

platinakoru (Finnish) comes from Finnish koru, from Finnish korea, from Ancient Greek χορεία, from Ancient Greek -είᾱ, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

platinakoru (Finnish): platinum piece of jewelry, piece of platinum...

Definitions

  1. platinum piece of jewelry, piece of platinum...

Ancestry of “platinakoru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkoruA piece of jewellery; A jewel
2Finnishkoreabeautiful, decorated; Korean; chorea
3Ancient Greekχορείαdance, especially choral dance with music; any...
4Ancient Greek-είᾱ—
5Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
6Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
7Proto-Indo-European-ess—
8Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
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