Where does “lõikuskuu” come from?
lõikuskuu (Estonian) comes from Estonian küü, from Proto-Finnic küü, from Proto-Uralic kuŋe — the Moon.
lõikuskuu (Estonian): August
Ancestry of “lõikuskuu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Estonian | küü | — |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | küü | viper |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | kuŋe | the Moon |