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Where does “somisks” come from?

somisks (Latvian) comes from Latvian -išķs, from Latvian -isks, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

somisks (Latvian): Finnish

Definitions

  1. Finnish

Ancestry of “somisks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvian-išķsAdded to nouns to derive adjectives with the...
2Latvian-isksAdded to nouns to derive adjectives with the...
3Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to
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