Where does “kuukausierä” come from?

kuukausierä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuukausi, from Finnish Kuu, from Finnish kuusi, from Proto-Finnic kuuci, from Proto-Uralic kutte — ridge; six.

kuukausierä (Finnish): monthly installment

Definitions

  1. monthly installment

Ancestry of “kuukausierä”, step by step

kuukausierä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuukausi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkuukausiA month
2FinnishKuuThe Moon the satellite of the Earth
3Finnishkuusisix; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies"
4Proto-Finnickuucisix
5Proto-Uralickutteridge; six

via Finnish erä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisheräbatch; lot; Short for maksuerä
2Proto-Finniceräapart, separate
3Proto-Finno-Ugriceräapart
Every word from Proto-Uralic kutte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuuci →Every word from Finnish kuusi →