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Where does “uppelus” come from?
uppelus (Finnish) comes from Finnish upota, from Proto-Finnic up'ot'ak — to sink; to drown.
Ancestry of “uppelus”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Finnish
upota
to sink; to get stuck in, get bogged down in; to...
2
Proto-Finnic
up'ot'ak
to sink; to drown
Words derived from “uppelus”
uppeluksissa
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