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Where does “houlette” come from?

houlette (French) comes from French -ette, from Latin -itta, from Hungarian iszik, from Proto-Uralic jëxe- — to drink; to flow?.

houlette (French): crook, shepherd's staff; leadership, wing,...

Definitions

  1. crook, shepherd's staff; leadership, wing,...

Ancestry of “houlette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-ettefemale equivalent of -et
2Latin-itta—
3Hungarianiszikto drink
4Proto-Uralicjëxe-to drink; to flow?
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