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Where does “veljeillä” come from?

veljeillä (Finnish) comes from Finnish Veli, from Proto-Finnic velji, from Proto-Germanic swelijō, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.

veljeillä (Finnish): To fraternize

Definitions

  1. To fraternize

Ancestry of “veljeillä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishVeli—
2Proto-Finnicveljibrother
3Proto-Germanicswelijōsister's husband
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself
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