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Where does “syventää” come from?

syventää (Finnish) comes from Finnish syvä, from Proto-Finnic cüvä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric tiwä.

syventää (Finnish): to deepen; to make deeper; Third-person singular...

Definitions

  1. to deepen; to make deeper; Third-person singular...

Ancestry of “syventää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyvädeep; deep-water; deep, profound
2Proto-Finniccüvädeep
3Proto-Finno-Ugrictiwä—

Words derived from “syventää”

  • orkesterisyvennys
  • syvennys
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