Where does “morsiuslunnaat” come from?

morsiuslunnaat (Finnish) comes from Finnish lunnaat, from Proto-Germanic lunaz, from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- — to wash.

morsiuslunnaat (Finnish): bride price

Definitions

  1. bride price

Ancestry of “morsiuslunnaat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlunnaatransom
2Proto-Germaniclunazransom
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlewh₃-to wash
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lunaz →Every word from Finnish lunnaat →