laita

Finnish

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Definitions
  • edge, margin, border, verge, brink, side outer limit of something
  • brim topmost rim or lip of a container
  • outskirt remote part of a town or city
  • state of affairs, status; often translated into English with "to be doing"
  • (ice hockey) board
  • (sports) wing

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *laita (border, edge) derived from Proto-Germanic *laidō (a way, course, way, leading).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*laidō

Gloss

a way, course, way, leading

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