Where does “käpyvuosi” come from?

käpyvuosi (Finnish) comes from Finnish vuosi, from Proto-Finnic vooci, from Proto-Finnic oote, from Proto-Uralic ëde — year.

käpyvuosi (Finnish): year of cones or pinecones usually used when speaking of a good or bad year in terms of production of cones

Definitions

  1. year of cones or pinecones usually used when speaking of a good or bad year in terms of production of cones

Ancestry of “käpyvuosi”, step by step

käpyvuosi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vuosi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvuosiyear
2Proto-Finnicvoociyear
3Proto-Finnicoote
4Proto-Uralicëdeyear

via Finnish käpy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäpyconifer's cone, strobilus
2Proto-Turkickäpä
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëdeEvery word from Proto-Finnic ooteEvery word from Proto-Finnic vooci