Where does “käpysuomu” come from?

käpysuomu (Finnish) comes from Finnish suomu, from Proto-Finnic soomu, from Proto-Uralic śëme — scale.

käpysuomu (Finnish): cone scale

Definitions

  1. cone scale

Ancestry of “käpysuomu”, step by step

käpysuomu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suomu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuomuscale
2Proto-Finnicsoomuscale
3Proto-Uralicśëmescale

via Finnish käpy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäpyconifer's cone, strobilus
2Proto-Turkickäpä—
Every word from Proto-Uralic śëme →Every word from Proto-Finnic soomu →Every word from Finnish suomu →