Where does “kuusio” come from?

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

kuusio (Finnish): regular hexagon; lousewort, betony

Definitions

  1. regular hexagon; lousewort, betony

Ancestry of “kuusio”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kuusio”

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