Where does “kuunsappi” come from?

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

kuunsappi (Finnish): paraselene, mock moon

Definitions

  1. paraselene, mock moon

Ancestry of “kuunsappi”, step by step

kuunsappi 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 säppi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsäppilatch
Every word from Proto-Uralic kutte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuuci →Every word from Finnish kuusi →