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Where does “virtaska” come from?

virtaska (Finnish) comes from Finnish virta, from Proto-Finnic virta, from Proto-Slavic vьrtъ — turn, enclosure.

virtaska (Finnish): juice

Definitions

  1. juice

Ancestry of “virtaska”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirtaflow, stream; river; current
2Proto-Finnicvirtastream; flow, current
3Proto-Slavicvьrtъturn, enclosure
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