Where does “kuusi” come from?

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

kuusi (Finnish): six; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies"

Definitions

  1. six; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies"

Ancestry of “kuusi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickuucisix
2Proto-Uralickutteridge; six

Words derived from “kuusi”

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