Where does “kuumatka” come from?

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

kuumatka (Finnish): journey to the Moon (and often back)

Definitions

  1. journey to the Moon (and often back)

Ancestry of “kuumatka”, step by step

kuumatka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Kuu

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

via Finnish matka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmatkatrip; journey; distance
2Proto-Finnicmatkaway, path; journey, trip; distance
3Proto-Uralicmëtkapassage
Every word from Proto-Uralic kutte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuuci →Every word from Finnish kuusi →