Where does “panda” come from?

panda (Veps) comes from Proto-Finnic pandak, from Proto-Uralic pane-.

panda (Veps): to put, place; to set; to lay

Definitions

  1. to put, place; to set; to lay

Ancestry of “panda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicpandakto put, to place
2Proto-Uralicpane-
Every word from Proto-Uralic pane-Every word from Proto-Finnic pandak
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