Where does “ruumisvaunut” come from?

ruumisvaunut (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruumis, from Proto-Finnic ruumis — body.

ruumisvaunut (Finnish): hearse

Definitions

  1. hearse

Ancestry of “ruumisvaunut”, step by step

ruumisvaunut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruumis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruumisbody; corpse, cadaver
2Proto-Finnicruumisbody

via Finnish vaunut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishvaunutNominative plural form of vaunu; A baby...
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