Where does “romu” come from?

romu (Estonian) comes from Finnish romu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

romu (Estonian): an especially old, rusted, or otherwise bad car;...

Definitions

  1. an especially old, rusted, or otherwise bad car;...

Ancestry of “romu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishromuscrap, junk, especially one that consists of...
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish romu →