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Where does “vertauskuvallistaa” come from?

vertauskuvallistaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish vertauskuvallinen, from Finnish vertauskuva, from Finnish vertaus, from Finnish verrata, from Finnish verta, from Proto-Finnic verta, from Proto-Germanic werþaz, from Proto-Indo-European wert- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

vertauskuvallistaa (Finnish): to metaphorize

Definitions

  1. to metaphorize

Ancestry of “vertauskuvallistaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvertauskuvallinenmetaphorical; symbolic, symbolical
2Finnishvertauskuvaallegory
3Finnishvertauscomparison, parable, analog, simile, allegory
4Finnishverratato compare, contrast
5Finnishvertamatch ; currently mostly used in a number of...
6Proto-Finnicverta—
7Proto-Germanicwerþazworthy, valuable
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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