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Where does “puoliso” come from?

puoliso (Finnish) comes from Finnish iso, from Finnish isä, from Proto-Finnic icä, from Proto-Uralic ićä — father.

puoliso (Finnish): spouse

Definitions

  1. spouse

Ancestry of “puoliso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishisobig; large; great
2Finnishisäfather; Father
3Proto-Finnicicäfather
4Proto-Uralicićäfather

Words derived from “puoliso”

  • aviopuoliso
  • avopuoliso
  • prinssipuoliso
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