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Where does “samankaltaisuus” come from?

samankaltaisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish samankaltainen, from Finnish kaltainen, from Finnish kallas, from Proto-Finnic kaldas, from Proto-Germanic halþaz, from Proto-Germanic halaną — to slope; be inclined.

samankaltaisuus (Finnish): similarity, resemblance

Definitions

  1. similarity, resemblance

Ancestry of “samankaltaisuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsamankaltainensimilar; homologous
2Finnishkaltainen-like, similar
3Finnishkallasbank
4Proto-Finnickaldas—
5Proto-Germanichalþazsloping, inclined
6Proto-Germanichalanąto slope; be inclined
Every word from Proto-Germanic halaną →