Where does “küüslauk” come from?

küüslauk (Estonian) comes from Estonian küüs, from Proto-Finnic kuuci, from Proto-Uralic kutte — ridge; six.

küüslauk (Estonian): garlic

Definitions

  1. garlic

Ancestry of “küüslauk”, step by step

küüslauk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian küüs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianküüsnail; claw; talon
2Proto-Finnickuucisix
3Proto-Uralickutteridge; six

via Estonian lauk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianlaukallium
2Proto-Germaniclaukazleek
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlewg-to bend
Every word from Proto-Uralic kutte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuuci →Every word from Estonian küüs →