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Where does “salvu-” come from?
salvu- (Finnish) comes from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.
Ancestry of “salvu-”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Finnish
-u
Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
2
Proto-Finnic
-u
Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Words derived from “salvu-”
salvumies
salvuporsas
salvupässi
salvukukko
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