Where does “ilves” come from?

ilves (Karelian) comes from Proto-Finnic ilbes — lynx.

ilves (Karelian): lynx

Definitions

  1. lynx

Ancestry of “ilves”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicilbeslynx
Every word from Proto-Finnic ilbes
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