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Where does “leikkuu” come from?

leikkuu (Finnish) comes from Finnish -uu, from Finnish -au, from Finnish -ao, from Proto-Finnic -ado, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

leikkuu (Finnish): cutting

Definitions

  1. cutting

Ancestry of “leikkuu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-uuForms nouns from verbs
2Finnish-au—
3Finnish-ao—
4Proto-Finnic-ado—
5Proto-Finnic-o—
6Proto-Uralic-w—

Words derived from “leikkuu”

  • leikkuulauta
  • leikkuupuimuri
  • tukanleikkuu
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →