Where does “makuu” come from?

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

makuu (Finnish): lying; sleeping

Definitions

  1. lying; sleeping

Ancestry of “makuu”, step by step

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

Words derived from “makuu”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →Every word from Finnish -uu →