Where does “hevonkuusi” come from?

hevonkuusi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuusi, from Proto-Finnic kuuci, from Proto-Uralic kutte — ridge; six.

hevonkuusi (Finnish): hell

Definitions

  1. hell

Ancestry of “hevonkuusi”, step by step

hevonkuusi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuusi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuusisix; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies"
2Proto-Finnickuucisix
3Proto-Uralickutteridge; six

via Finnish hepo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhepohorse; heroin
2Proto-Finnichepoihorse
Every word from Proto-Uralic kutte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuuci →Every word from Finnish kuusi →