Where does “kotelopuku” come from?
kotelopuku (Finnish) comes from Finnish kotelo, from Finnish -lö, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
Ancestry of “kotelopuku”, step by step
kotelopuku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kotelo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kotelo | pupa; cocoon; case, box, capsule, enclosure |
| 2 | Finnish | -lö | Front vowel variant of -lo |
| 3 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 4 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Finnish puku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puku | suit set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers |
| 2 | Zulu | mpuku | — |
| 3 | Proto-Bantu | *pʊ́kʊ̀ | rat, mouse |