Where does “vȱntsa” come from?

vȱntsa (Livonian) comes from Proto-Finnic occa, from Proto-Finno-Permic ońća.

vȱntsa (Livonian): forehead

Definitions

  1. forehead

Ancestry of “vȱntsa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicoccatop, tip, peak; forehead
2Proto-Finno-Permicońća—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic ońća →Every word from Proto-Finnic occa →
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