Where does “U-laakso” come from?

U-laakso (Finnish) comes from Finnish Laakso, from Finnish laakso, from Proto-Finnic lakso — (wet) valley, depression.

U-laakso (Finnish): A U-shaped valley

Definitions

  1. A U-shaped valley

Ancestry of “U-laakso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLaaksoAny of a number of small places in Finland
2Finnishlaaksovalley
3Proto-Finniclakso(wet) valley, depression
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