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Where does “valssata” come from?

valssata (Finnish) comes from Finnish valssi, from Russian вальс, from French valse, from German Walzer, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz.

valssata (Finnish): to roll; to waltz

Definitions

  1. to roll; to waltz

Ancestry of “valssata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalssiwaltz; roll
2Russianвальсwaltz
3Frenchvalsewaltz; inflection of valser: ##...
4GermanWalzerwaltz
5German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
6Old High German-āri—
7Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
8Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
9Latin-ārius—
10Proto-Italic*-āzios—

Words derived from “valssata”

  • kylmävalssata
  • kuumavalssata
  • valssain
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