Where does “täysveli” come from?

täysveli (Finnish) comes from Finnish täys-, from Finnish täysi, from Proto-Finnic täüci, from Proto-Uralic täwde — full.

täysveli (Finnish): full brother

Definitions

  1. full brother

Ancestry of “täysveli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtäys-A prefix used to signify completeness. English...
2Finnishtäysifull
3Proto-Finnictäücifull
4Proto-Uralictäwdefull
Every word from Proto-Uralic täwde →Every word from Proto-Finnic täüci →Every word from Finnish täysi →
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