Where does “vȱlda” come from?
vȱlda (Livonian) comes from Proto-Finnic oldak, from Proto-Uralic wole- — to be, become; be, will be.
vȱlda (Livonian): to be
Ancestry of “vȱlda”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Finnic | oldak | to be |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | wole- | to be, become; be, will be |