Where does “kirsu” come from?
kirsu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kärsä, from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
kirsu (Finnish): nose leather, rhinarium; A nose of a seal
Definitions
- nose leather, rhinarium; A nose of a seal
Ancestry of “kirsu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | kärsä | trunk, proboscis; snout; proboscis |
| 2 | Finnish | -mö | Front vowel variant of -mo |
| 3 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |
Words derived from “kirsu”