Where does “kuprokuitu” come from?

kuprokuitu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuitu, from Proto-Finnic kuitu, from Proto-Finno-Permic kujčɜ.

kuprokuitu (Finnish): cupro fiber

Definitions

  1. cupro fiber

Ancestry of “kuprokuitu”, step by step

kuprokuitu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuitu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuitufiber, fibre; filament; Short for ravintokuitu
2Proto-Finnickuitu(flax) fibre/fiber
3Proto-Finno-Permickujčɜ—

via Finnish kupro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuprocupro
2Englishcuprorayon made by the cuproammonium process
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic kujčɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuitu →Every word from Finnish kuitu →