Where does “kuualus” come from?

kuualus (Finnish) comes from Finnish alus, from Finnish ala, from Proto-Finnic ala, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.

kuualus (Finnish): spacecraft traveling to or from a moon or the Moon

Definitions

  1. spacecraft traveling to or from a moon or the Moon

Ancestry of “kuualus”, step by step

kuualus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish alus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalusvessel, craft, ship; underlay, base; subject
2Finnishalaarea, field, domain; field, discipline; industry,...
3Proto-Finnicalalower; under
4Proto-Uralicëlabelow

via Finnish Kuu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKuuThe Moon the satellite of the Earth
2Finnishkuusisix; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies"
3Proto-Finnickuucisix
4Proto-Uralickutteridge; six
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →Every word from Finnish ala →