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Where does “vertaileva” come from?

vertaileva (Finnish) comes from Finnish vertailla, from Finnish verrata, from Finnish verta, from Proto-Finnic verta, from Proto-Germanic werþaz, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

vertaileva (Finnish): comparative; present active participle of...

Definitions

  1. comparative; present active participle of...

Ancestry of “vertaileva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishvertaillaTo compare
2Finnishverratato compare, contrast
3Finnishvertamatch ; currently mostly used in a number of...
4Proto-Finnicverta—
5Proto-Germanicwerþazworthy, valuable
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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