Where does “epuu” come from?
epuu (Finnish) comes from Finnish evätä, from Finnish -tä, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.
epuu (Finnish): refusal
Ancestry of “epuu”, step by step
epuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish evätä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | evätä | To deny somebody something, refuse to give... |
| 2 | Finnish | -tä | Front vowel variant of -ta |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | Partitive ending |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | from |
via Finnish uu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uu | The name of the Latin-script letter U; hole, nest |
| 2 | Latin | U | — |
| 3 | Latin | V | ve |
| 4 | Etruscan | ? | u |