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Where does “verkkopuumuura” come from?

verkkopuumuura (Finnish) comes from Finnish verkko, from Proto-Finnic verkko, from Proto-Germanic werką, from Proto-Indo-European wérǵom, from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- — to make.

verkkopuumuura (Finnish): bar-crested antshrike

Definitions

  1. bar-crested antshrike

Ancestry of “verkkopuumuura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishverkkonet; network; mesh
2Proto-Finnicverkkonet, fishing net
3Proto-Germanicwerkąwork
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwérǵomwork
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make
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