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Where does “sikiäin” come from?

sikiäin (Finnish) comes from Ingrian -iain, from Ingrian -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

sikiäin (Finnish): ovary

Definitions

  1. ovary

Ancestry of “sikiäin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrian-iain—
2Ingrian-in—
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →