Where does “romukuorma” come from?

romukuorma (Finnish) comes from Finnish romu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

romukuorma (Finnish): a load of scrap or junk

Definitions

  1. a load of scrap or junk

Ancestry of “romukuorma”, step by step

romukuorma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish romu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishromuscrap, junk, especially one that consists of...
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish kuorma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuormaload, charge, burden
2Proto-Finnickoormaload, burden
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →