Where does “norsunluuveistos” come from?

norsunluuveistos (Finnish) comes from Finnish norsunluu, from Finnish luu, from Proto-Finnic luu, from Proto-Uralic luwe, from Proto-Iranian *Hrawpācáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás — fox.

norsunluuveistos (Finnish): ivory sculpture

Definitions

  1. ivory sculpture

Ancestry of “norsunluuveistos”, step by step

norsunluuveistos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish norsunluu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnorsunluuivory
2Finnishluubone
3Proto-Finnicluubone
4Proto-Uralicluwebone
5Proto-Iranian*Hrawpācáhfox
6Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hrawpāćásfox

via Finnish veistos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishveistosA sculpture
2Finnishveistääto carve, cut, whittle; to sculpture, sculpt, hew
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás →Every word from Proto-Iranian *Hrawpācáh →Every word from Proto-Uralic luwe →