Where does “upoksiin” come from?

upoksiin (Finnish) comes from Finnish upota, from Proto-Finnic up'ot'ak — to sink; to drown.

upoksiin (Finnish): sunken, submerged, under water

Definitions

  1. sunken, submerged, under water

Ancestry of “upoksiin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishupotato sink; to get stuck in, get bogged down in; to...
2Proto-Finnicup'ot'akto sink; to drown
Every word from Proto-Finnic up'ot'ak →Every word from Finnish upota →
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