Where does “kuolleenkoura” come from?

kuolleenkoura (Finnish) comes from Finnish koura, from Proto-Finnic kopra — hollow of the hand.

kuolleenkoura (Finnish): a young sprout of a common bracken

Definitions

  1. a young sprout of a common bracken

Ancestry of “kuolleenkoura”, step by step

kuolleenkoura traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish koura

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkourafist; grapple, grab
2Proto-Finnickoprahollow of the hand

via Finnish kuollut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkuollutPast active participle of kuolla; dead; extinct
Every word from Proto-Finnic kopra →Every word from Finnish koura →
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