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Where does “valvoa” come from?

valvoa (Finnish) comes from Finnish -oa, from Proto-Finnic -odak, from Proto-Uralic -w-.

valvoa (Finnish): to stay up, stay awake; to oversee, supervise,...

Definitions

  1. to stay up, stay awake; to oversee, supervise,...

Ancestry of “valvoa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-oaForms frequentative verbs, primarily from nouns...
2Proto-Finnic-odak—
3Proto-Uralic-w-—

Words derived from “valvoa”

  • valvontakamera
  • asevalvonta
  • edunvalvoja
  • valvoja
  • laadunvalvontalaboratorio
  • laadunvalvonta
  • uimavalvoja
  • valve
  • kulunvalvonta
  • edunvalvonta
  • rajavalvonta
  • pääsynvalvonta
  • valvonta
  • valvontaelin
  • ruumiinvalvojaiset
  • valvojaiset
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