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Where does “rukoilla” come from?

rukoilla (Finnish) comes from Finnish -illa, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.

rukoilla (Finnish): to pray; to pray, beg, implore, beseech

Definitions

  1. to pray; to pray, beg, implore, beseech

Ancestry of “rukoilla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-illaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
2Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
3Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
4Proto-Uralic-le-—

Words derived from “rukoilla”

  • rukoilu
  • rukoilijasirkka
  • rukoilija
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le- →