Where does “karkausvuosi” come from?

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

karkausvuosi (Finnish): leap year

Definitions

  1. leap year

Ancestry of “karkausvuosi”, step by step

karkausvuosi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vuosi

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

via Finnish karkaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkarkausSynonym of karkaaminen
2Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
3Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëde →Every word from Proto-Finnic oote →Every word from Proto-Finnic vooci →