Where does “aamupuku” come from?

aamupuku (Finnish) comes from Finnish puku, from Zulu mpuku, from Proto-Bantu *pʊ́kʊ̀ — rat, mouse.

aamupuku (Finnish): morning dress, morning suit

Definitions

  1. morning dress, morning suit

Ancestry of “aamupuku”, step by step

aamupuku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpukusuit set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers
2Zulumpuku—
3Proto-Bantu*pʊ́kʊ̀rat, mouse

via Finnish Aamu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishAamumorning
2Englishaamumorning
Every word from Proto-Bantu *pʊ́kʊ̀ →Every word from Zulu mpuku →Every word from Finnish puku →