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Where does “vertaisverkko” come from?

vertaisverkko (Finnish) comes from Finnish vertainen, 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.

vertaisverkko (Finnish): peer-to-peer network

Definitions

  1. peer-to-peer network

Ancestry of “vertaisverkko”, step by step

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