Where does “kerjuu” come from?
kerjuu (Finnish) comes from Finnish uu, from Latin U, from Latin V, from Etruscan ? — u.
kerjuu (Finnish): begging
Ancestry of “kerjuu”, step by step
kerjuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish uu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uu | The name of the Latin-script letter U; hole, nest |
| 2 | Latin | U | — |
| 3 | Latin | V | ve |
| 4 | Etruscan | ? | u |
via Finnish kerjätä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kerjätä | to beg; to ask for |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kerjät'äk | to beg |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | kerjä- | to request |
Words derived from “kerjuu”