Where does “kevätasu” come from?

kevätasu (Finnish) comes from Finnish asu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

kevätasu (Finnish): spring attire, spring clothes

Definitions

  1. spring attire, spring clothes

Ancestry of “kevätasu”, step by step

kevätasu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish asu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishasuattire, dress, suit, raiment; form, figure,...
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish kevät

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkevätspring, springtime
2Proto-Finnickevätspring
3Proto-Uralickeŋäspring
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish asu →