Where does “märkäkehruu” come from?

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

märkäkehruu (Finnish): wet spinning

Definitions

  1. wet spinning

Ancestry of “märkäkehruu”, step by step

märkäkehruu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kehruu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkehruuspinning converting fibres into yarn or thread
2Finnish-uuForms nouns from verbs
3Finnish-au—
4Finnish-ao—
5Proto-Finnic-ado—
6Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
7Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish märkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmärkäwet; pus
2Proto-Finnicmärkäwet, moist; pus
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →Every word from Finnish -uu →