Where does “puronsuu” come from?

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

puronsuu (Finnish): mouth of a creek or brook

Definitions

  1. mouth of a creek or brook

Ancestry of “puronsuu”, step by step

puronsuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suu

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

via Finnish puro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpurostreamlet, brook, creek
Every word from Proto-Uralic śuwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic süü →Every word from Finnish suu →