Where does “nunnanpuku” come from?

nunnanpuku (Finnish) comes from Finnish nunna, from Swedish nunna, from Old Norse nunna, from Medieval Latin nonna, from Latin nonnus, from Proto-Indo-European nana-.

nunnanpuku (Finnish): nun's habit clothing

Definitions

  1. nun's habit clothing

Ancestry of “nunnanpuku”, step by step

nunnanpuku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nunna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnunnanun; Nonea pulla
2Swedishnunnanun
3Old Norsenunna
4Medieval Latinnonnanun
5Latinnonnusmonk; tutor; old person
6Proto-Indo-Europeannana-

via Finnish puku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpukusuit set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers
2Zulumpuku
3Proto-Bantu*pʊ́kʊ̀rat, mouse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nana-Every word from Latin nonnusEvery word from Medieval Latin nonna
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