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Where does “ovensuu” come from?

ovensuu (Finnish) comes from Finnish suu, from Proto-Finnic süü, from Proto-Uralic śuwe — mouth.

ovensuu (Finnish): doorway

Definitions

  1. doorway

Ancestry of “ovensuu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuumouth
2Proto-Finnicsüüthread, fibre; annual ring; reason, cause
3Proto-Uralicśuwemouth

Words derived from “ovensuu”

  • ovensuukysely
  • ovisuu
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