Where does “onu” come from?

onu (Estonian) comes from Votic õno, from Proto-Finnic enoi, from Proto-Finnic enä, from Proto-Uralic enä — big.

onu (Estonian): uncle

Definitions

  1. uncle

Ancestry of “onu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Voticõnouncle
2Proto-Finnicenoimaternal uncle
3Proto-Finnicenäbig
4Proto-Uralicenäbig

Words derived from “onu”

Every word from Proto-Uralic enä →Every word from Proto-Finnic enä →Every word from Proto-Finnic enoi →
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