Where does “kärsä” come from?

kärsä (Finnish) comes from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

kärsä (Finnish): trunk, proboscis; snout; proboscis

Definitions

  1. trunk, proboscis; snout; proboscis

Ancestry of “kärsä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-möFront vowel variant of -mo
2Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
3Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

Words derived from “kärsä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish -mö →