Where does “kumpu” come from?

kumpu (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic kumpu, from Proto-Uralic kumpa — wave.

kumpu (Finnish): A hummock, hillock; A mound

Definitions

  1. A hummock, hillock; A mound

Ancestry of “kumpu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickumpuhillock, knoll
2Proto-Uralickumpawave

Words derived from “kumpu”

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