Where does “pyörösuomu” come from?

pyörösuomu (Finnish) comes from Finnish suomu, from Proto-Finnic soomu, from Proto-Uralic śëme — scale.

pyörösuomu (Finnish): type of scale of fish

Definitions

  1. type of scale of fish

Ancestry of “pyörösuomu”, step by step

pyörösuomu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suomu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuomuscale
2Proto-Finnicsoomuscale
3Proto-Uralicśëmescale

via Finnish pyörö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyörödisc, spinning disc, abrasive disc
Every word from Proto-Uralic śëme →Every word from Proto-Finnic soomu →Every word from Finnish suomu →
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