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Where does “sula” come from?

sula (Finnish) comes from Finnish sulaa, from Proto-Finnic suladak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric sula — to molten, melted; melt, dissolve.

sula (Finnish): molten; not having ice cover; pure

Definitions

  1. molten; not having ice cover; pure

Ancestry of “sula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsulaato melt, thaw; to dissolve, disperse, vanish; to...
2Proto-Finnicsuladakto melt
3Proto-Finno-Ugricsulato molten, melted; melt, dissolve

Words derived from “sula”

  • sulavesijoki
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