Where does “huuli” come from?

huuli (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic huuli, from Proto-Uralic šule — bosom, lap, open arms.

huuli (Finnish): lip, labium either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth

Definitions

  1. lip, labium either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth

Ancestry of “huuli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnichuulilip
2Proto-Uralicšulebosom, lap, open arms

Words derived from “huuli

Every word from Proto-Uralic šule
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