Where does “hakuvuosi” come from?
hakuvuosi (Finnish) comes from Finnish vuosi, from Proto-Finnic vooci, from Proto-Finnic oote, from Proto-Uralic ëde — year.
hakuvuosi (Finnish): application year
Ancestry of “hakuvuosi”, step by step
hakuvuosi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vuosi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vuosi | year |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | vooci | year |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | oote | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | ëde | year |
via Finnish haku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | haku | search; applying, application |
| 2 | Finnish | hakea | To retrieve, get, fetch; To search; To apply |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | hakedak | to pick; to fetch; to gather, to collect |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sākija- | — |