Where does “huhtikuu” come from?
huhtikuu (Finnish) comes from Finnish Kuu, from Finnish kuusi, from Proto-Finnic kuuci, from Proto-Uralic kutte — ridge; six.
huhtikuu (Finnish): April
Ancestry of “huhtikuu”, step by step
huhtikuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Kuu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Kuu | The Moon the satellite of the Earth |
| 2 | Finnish | kuusi | six; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies" |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kuuci | six |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | kutte | ridge; six |
via Finnish huhta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | huhta | woodland cleared for cultivation in... |
| 2 | Latin | -la | nominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative... |
Words derived from “huhtikuu”