Where does “kallis” come from?

kallis (Võro) comes from Proto-Finnic kallis — dear, precious, beloved.

kallis (Võro): expensive; dear; precious

Definitions

  1. expensive; dear; precious

Ancestry of “kallis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickallisdear, precious, beloved
Every word from Proto-Finnic kallis
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