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Where does “pojantytär” come from?

pojantytär (Finnish) comes from Finnish tytär, from Proto-Finnic tüt'är, from Proto-Balto-Slavic duktḗ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰugh₂tḗr, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewgʰ- — to produce, to produce something useful; to be...

pojantytär (Finnish): daughter of someone's son; granddaughter

Definitions

  1. daughter of someone's son; granddaughter

Ancestry of “pojantytär”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtytärdaughter
2Proto-Finnictüt'ärdaughter
3Proto-Balto-Slavicduktḗdaughter
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰugh₂tḗrdaughter
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewgʰ-to produce, to produce something useful; to be...
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