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Where does “savustin” come from?

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

savustin (Finnish): smoker; First-person singular indicative past...

Definitions

  1. smoker; First-person singular indicative past...

Ancestry of “savustin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsavustaato smoke; to force out, to drive out
2Finnishsavusmoke; a residential building with a chimney, a...
3Proto-Finnicsavu—
4Proto-Finno-Permicsawe—
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