Where does “kumb” come from?

kumb (Estonian) comes from Finnish kumpi, from Proto-Finnic kumpa, from Proto-Finnic ku, from Proto-Uralic ku- — who; where.

kumb (Estonian): which

Definitions

  1. which

Ancestry of “kumb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkumpiwhich one
2Proto-Finnickumpawhich
3Proto-Finnickuwho, what
4Proto-Uralicku-who; where
Every word from Proto-Uralic ku- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ku →Every word from Proto-Finnic kumpa →
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