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Where does “suur” come from?
suur (Ingrian) comes from Proto-Finnic suuri, from Proto-Germanic stūra-.
suur
(Ingrian): big
Definitions
big
Ancestry of “suur”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Finnic
suuri
big, large
2
Proto-Germanic
stūra-
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Words derived from “suur”
suurlukuin
suursummain
Suurpyhä
suursuu
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