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Where does “sokka” come from?
sokka (Ingrian) comes from Russian щека́, from Proto-Slavic *ščeka — cheek.
sokka
(Ingrian): gill
Definitions
gill
Ancestry of “sokka”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Russian
щека́
cheek
2
Proto-Slavic
*ščeka
cheek
Words derived from “sokka”
alasokka
sokkaluu
yläsokka
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