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Where does “virtsankarkailu” come from?

virtsankarkailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish karkailu, from Finnish karkailla, from Finnish karata, from Proto-Finnic kargat'ak.

virtsankarkailu (Finnish): urinary incontinence

Definitions

  1. urinary incontinence

Ancestry of “virtsankarkailu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarkailuincontinence
2Finnishkarkaillato keep escaping, to escape repeatedly
3Finnishkaratato escape, run away, flee, fly; to elope; to...
4Proto-Finnickargat'ak—
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