Where does “kehtosuomu” come from?

kehtosuomu (Finnish) comes from Finnish suomu, from Proto-Finnic soomu, from Proto-Uralic śëme — scale.

kehtosuomu (Finnish): phyllary

Definitions

  1. phyllary

Ancestry of “kehtosuomu”, step by step

kehtosuomu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suomu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuomuscale
2Proto-Finnicsoomuscale
3Proto-Uralicśëmescale

via Finnish kehto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkehtocradle; involucre
Every word from Proto-Uralic śëme →Every word from Proto-Finnic soomu →Every word from Finnish suomu →