lahko

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • sect offshoot of a larger religion sharing at least some unorthodox beliefs
  • cult group of people with a sect-like religious identity but exploitative or regarded by outsiders as exploitative towards its members
  • (biology) order

Etymology

Derived from Old Swedish lagh derived from Proto-Finnic *lahko derived from Proto-Germanic *slagiz (blow, hit, strike, a blow), *slahō.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*slahō

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