Where does “katovuosi” come from?

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

katovuosi (Finnish): year of crop failure

Definitions

  1. year of crop failure

Ancestry of “katovuosi”, step by step

katovuosi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vuosi

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

via Finnish kato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatofailure of crops; loss, disappearance, lack;...
2Finnishkatsoato look, have a look, take a look; to watch; to...
3Proto-Finnickaccodakto look
4Proto-Germanicgātijaną—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëde →Every word from Proto-Finnic oote →Every word from Proto-Finnic vooci →