makea

Finnish

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Definitions
  • sweet (taste)
  • fresh (water)
  • high; in the idiomatic expression makea elämä ("high life").

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *makeda (sweet) derived from Proto-Germanic *smakjaz.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*smakjaz

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