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Where does “savuinen” come from?

savuinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish savu, from Proto-Finnic savu, from Proto-Finno-Permic sawe.

savuinen (Finnish): smoky

Definitions

  1. smoky

Ancestry of “savuinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsavusmoke; a residential building with a chimney, a...
2Proto-Finnicsavu—
3Proto-Finno-Permicsawe—
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