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Where does “tunturipuro” come from?

tunturipuro (Finnish) comes from Finnish tunturi, from Proto-Samic tuontër — fell.

tunturipuro (Finnish): Any brook on the fells of Scandinavia; used...

Definitions

  1. Any brook on the fells of Scandinavia; used...

Ancestry of “tunturipuro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtunturiA fell
2Proto-Samictuontërfell
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