Where does “küü” come from?

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

küü (Estonian): moon

Definitions

  1. moon

Ancestry of “küü”, step by step

küü traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Finnic küü

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicküüviper
2Proto-Uralickuŋethe Moon

via Latin ku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinkuThe name of the letter Q

Words derived from “küü”

Every word from Proto-Uralic kuŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic küü →