Where does “aluskukkula” come from?

aluskukkula (Finnish) comes from Finnish kukkula, from Finnish la, from Finnish lauantai, from Old Norse laugardagr, from Old Norse laug, from Proto-Germanic laugō, from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- — to wash.

aluskukkula (Finnish): foothill hill at the base of a mountain

Definitions

  1. foothill hill at the base of a mountain

Ancestry of “aluskukkula”, step by step

aluskukkula traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kukkula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkukkulahill; hillock
2FinnishlaAbbreviation of lauantai
3FinnishlauantaiSaturday
4Old NorselaugardagrSaturday
5Old Norselaugbath; hot spring; first-person singular past...
6Proto-Germaniclaugōbath, wash; soap, lye
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlewh₃-to wash

via Finnish alus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalusvessel, craft, ship; underlay, base; subject
2Finnishalaarea, field, domain; field, discipline; industry,...
3Proto-Finnicalalower; under
4Proto-Uralicëlabelow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic laugō →Every word from Old Norse laug →