Where does “puronuoma” come from?

puronuoma (Finnish) comes from Finnish uoma, from Finnish vuo, from Polish wu — The name of the Latin-script letter W.

puronuoma (Finnish): creekbed, brookbed

Definitions

  1. creekbed, brookbed

Ancestry of “puronuoma”, step by step

puronuoma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish uoma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuomariverbed, channel, streambed; normal state of...
2Finnishvuoflow; flux
3PolishwuThe name of the Latin-script letter W

via Finnish puro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpurostreamlet, brook, creek
Every word from Polish wu →Every word from Finnish vuo →Every word from Finnish uoma →
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