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Where does “ɸrikkā” come from?

ɸrikkā (Proto-Celtic) comes from Proto-Indo-European perd- — to fart loudly, pass gas, break wind.

Ancestry of “ɸrikkā”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanperd-to fart loudly, pass gas, break wind
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