Where does “suvepuhkus” come from?

suvepuhkus (Estonian) comes from Estonian suvi, from Proto-Finnic suvi, from Proto-Uralic suŋe — summer.

suvepuhkus (Estonian): summer break, summer vacation, summer holiday

Definitions

  1. summer break, summer vacation, summer holiday

Ancestry of “suvepuhkus”, step by step

suvepuhkus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian suvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniansuvisummer
2Proto-Finnicsuvisummer; south
3Proto-Uralicsuŋesummer

via Estonian puhkus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianpuhkusrest
Every word from Proto-Uralic suŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic suvi →Every word from Estonian suvi →