Where does “Outokumpu” come from?

Outokumpu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kumpu, from Proto-Finnic kumpu, from Proto-Uralic kumpa — wave.

Outokumpu (Finnish): A stainless steel company originating in this town

Definitions

  1. A stainless steel company originating in this town

Ancestry of “Outokumpu”, step by step

Outokumpu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kumpu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkumpuA hummock, hillock; A mound
2Proto-Finnickumpuhillock, knoll
3Proto-Uralickumpawave

via Finnish outo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoutostrange, weird

Words derived from “Outokumpu”

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