Where does “suurus” come from?

suurus (Estonian) comes from Estonian suur, from Proto-Finnic suuri, from Proto-Germanic stūra-.

suurus (Estonian): size

Definitions

  1. size

Ancestry of “suurus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniansuurlarge, big
2Proto-Finnicsuuribig, large
3Proto-Germanicstūra-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic stūra- →Every word from Proto-Finnic suuri →Every word from Estonian suur →