Where does “lehmäluku” come from?

lehmäluku (Finnish) comes from Finnish luku, from Proto-Finnic luku, from Proto-Finnic lukedak, from Proto-Uralic luke-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

lehmäluku (Finnish): number of cows

Definitions

  1. number of cows

Ancestry of “lehmäluku”, step by step

lehmäluku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish luku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlukunumber, count, quantity; chapter; reading
2Proto-Finniclukunumber, quantity
3Proto-Finniclukedakto count; to read ?
4Proto-Uralicluke-to count
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

via Finnish lehmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlehmäcow; any female ruminant; often with a modifier;...
2Proto-Finniclehmäcow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- →Every word from Proto-Uralic luke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic lukedak →