Where does “kauranleikkuu” come from?

kauranleikkuu (Finnish) comes from Finnish leikkuu, from Finnish -uu, from Finnish -au, from Finnish -ao, from Proto-Finnic -ado, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

kauranleikkuu (Finnish): oat reaping, oat mowing

Definitions

  1. oat reaping, oat mowing

Ancestry of “kauranleikkuu”, step by step

kauranleikkuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leikkuu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleikkuucutting
2Finnish-uuForms nouns from verbs
3Finnish-au
4Finnish-ao
5Proto-Finnic-ado
6Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
7Proto-Uralic-w

via Finnish kaura

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkauraoat, oats
2Proto-Oceanic*qauʀbamboo plant
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqauʀbamboo
4Proto-Austronesianqauʀbamboo
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w
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