Where does “keruu” come from?
keruu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kerätä, from Finnish -ata, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.
keruu (Finnish): collecting, collection
Ancestry of “keruu”, step by step
keruu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kerätä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kerätä | to collect, gather, accumulate; to pick |
| 2 | Finnish | -ata | Derives verbs |
| 3 | Finnish | -ta | A suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | Partitive ending |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | from |
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 |
Words derived from “keruu”