Where does “kuukautiset” come from?

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

kuukautiset (Finnish): period, menstruation; Nominative plural form of...

Definitions

  1. period, menstruation; Nominative plural form of...

Ancestry of “kuukautiset”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuukautinenmonthly
2FinnishkuukausiA month
3FinnishKuuThe Moon the satellite of the Earth
4Finnishkuusisix; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies"
5Proto-Finnickuucisix
6Proto-Uralickutteridge; six

Words derived from “kuukautiset”

Every word from Proto-Uralic kutte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuuci →Every word from Finnish kuusi →
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