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Where does “tulvavuoksi” come from?

tulvavuoksi (Finnish) comes from Finnish vuoksi, from Finnish vuo, from Polish wu — The name of the Latin-script letter W.

tulvavuoksi (Finnish): A spring, spring tide or tidal wave

Definitions

  1. A spring, spring tide or tidal wave

Ancestry of “tulvavuoksi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvuoksi"genitive +" API + "possessive suffix"; due to,...
2Finnishvuoflow; flux
3PolishwuThe name of the Latin-script letter W
Every word from Polish wu →