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Where does “sepeli” come from?

sepeli (Finnish) comes from Russian щебень, from Proto-Slavic *ščebьňь, from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ-.

sepeli (Finnish): crushed stone, often sorted by size, used as...

Definitions

  1. crushed stone, often sorted by size, used as...

Ancestry of “sepeli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianщебеньcrushed stone, road metal; detritus
2Proto-Slavic*ščebьňь—
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÀbʰ-—

Words derived from “sepeli”

  • sepelikkö
  • sepelöidä
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