Where does “Oulu” come from?

Oulu (English) comes from Finnish Oulu, from Proto-Samic oalē — waterway.

Oulu (English): named after Oulu in Finland

Definitions

  1. named after Oulu in Finland

Ancestry of “Oulu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishOulua city in northern Finland
2Proto-Samicoalēwaterway

Words derived from “Oulu”

Every word from Proto-Samic oalē →Every word from Finnish Oulu →