Where does “Kuu” come from?

Kuu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuusi, from Proto-Finnic kuuci, from Proto-Uralic kutte — ridge; six.

Kuu (Finnish): The Moon the satellite of the Earth

Definitions

  1. The Moon the satellite of the Earth

Ancestry of “Kuu”, step by step

Kuu traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuusi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuusisix; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies"
2Proto-Finnickuucisix
3Proto-Uralickutteridge; six

via Proto-Finnic küü

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicküüviper
2Proto-Uralickuŋethe Moon

via Latin ku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinkuThe name of the letter Q

Words derived from “Kuu”

Every word from Proto-Uralic kutte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuuci →Every word from Finnish kuusi →