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Where does “ulkomaankauppa” come from?

ulkomaankauppa (Finnish) comes from Finnish ulkomaa, from Votic maa, from Proto-Finnic maa, from Proto-Uralic mëxe, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s — great.

ulkomaankauppa (Finnish): foreign trade

Definitions

  1. foreign trade

Ancestry of “ulkomaankauppa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishulkomaaforeign country
2Voticmaaearth; soil; land
3Proto-Finnicmaaearth, ground, soil; land, country
4Proto-Uralicmëxeearth, land
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat

Words derived from “ulkomaankauppa”

  • ulkomaankauppaministeri
  • ulkomaankauppapolitiikka
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