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Where does “saareke” come from?

saareke (Finnish) comes from Finnish sääri, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

saareke (Finnish): An island; A small island, especially an...

Definitions

  1. An island; A small island, especially an...

Ancestry of “saareke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsäärishank, shin; cannon; used to refer to legs from...
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-s—
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

Words derived from “saareke”

  • haimasaareke
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