Where does “jõuluöö” come from?

jõuluöö (Estonian) comes from Estonian öö, from Proto-Finnic öö, from Proto-Finno-Ugric üje.

jõuluöö (Estonian): Christmas night

Definitions

  1. Christmas night

Ancestry of “jõuluöö”, step by step

jõuluöö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian öö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianöönight; The name of the Latin-script letter Ö
2Proto-Finnicöönight
3Proto-Finno-Ugricüje—

via Estonian jõulud

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EstonianjõuludChristmas
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric üje →Every word from Proto-Finnic öö →Every word from Estonian öö →