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Where does “vilkku” come from?

vilkku (Finnish) comes from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u.

vilkku (Finnish): blinker; turn signal

Definitions

  1. blinker; turn signal

Ancestry of “vilkku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
2Proto-Finnic-u—

Words derived from “vilkku”

  • vilkkuluomi
  • vilkkumajakka
  • hätävilkku
  • vilkutella
  • vilkuttaa
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