Where does “hautakumpu” come from?
hautakumpu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kumpu, from Proto-Finnic kumpu, from Proto-Uralic kumpa — wave.
hautakumpu (Finnish): burial mound, barrow, cairn
Definitions
- burial mound, barrow, cairn
Ancestry of “hautakumpu”, step by step
hautakumpu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kumpu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kumpu | A hummock, hillock; A mound |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kumpu | hillock, knoll |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | kumpa | wave |
via Finnish hauta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hauta | grave, tomb; trench; kiln, in the compound term... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | sauþaz | boiling; seething; wellspring; fountain; source;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂sewt- | to roil; to move about, roil, seethe |