Where does “kuusikuitu” come from?

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

kuusikuitu (Finnish): spruce wood fiber

Definitions

  1. spruce wood fiber

Ancestry of “kuusikuitu”, step by step

kuusikuitu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuusi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuusisix; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies"
2Proto-Finnickuucisix
3Proto-Uralickutteridge; six

via Finnish kuitu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuitufiber, fibre; filament; Short for ravintokuitu
2Proto-Finnickuitu(flax) fibre/fiber
3Proto-Finno-Permickujčɜ—

Words derived from “kuusikuitu”

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