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Where does “küü” come from?

küü (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic küü, from Proto-Uralic kuŋe — the Moon.

Ancestry of “küü”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicküüviper
2Proto-Uralickuŋethe Moon
Every word from Proto-Uralic kuŋe →