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Where does “susipari” come from?

susipari (Finnish) comes from Finnish pari, from Swedish par, from English peer, from English pee, from English piss, from Middle English pisse, from Middle English pissen, from Old French pissier — I piss.

susipari (Finnish): unmarried couple

Definitions

  1. unmarried couple

Ancestry of “susipari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishparicouple, pair; partner; battery cell
2Swedishpara pair, a couple; a couple, two people who are...
3EnglishpeerTo look with difficulty, or as if searching for...
4EnglishpeeUrine; To urinate; To drizzle
5EnglishpissUrine; An instance of pissing; Alcoholic...
6Middle Englishpissepiss, urine; Alternative form of pissen
7Middle EnglishpissenTo piss; to deliver urine from the genitals; To...
8Old Frenchpissierto piss; to excrete urine
9Vulgar Latinpissiarepresent active infinitive of *pīssiō
10LatinpissioI piss
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