Where does “savukupu” come from?

savukupu (Finnish) comes from Finnish savu, from Proto-Finnic savu, from Proto-Finno-Permic sawe.

savukupu (Finnish): smoke hood, smoke canopy a funnel-shaped device placed over a fireplace, etc. to collect smoke and vent it out

Definitions

  1. smoke hood, smoke canopy a funnel-shaped device placed over a fireplace, etc. to collect smoke and vent it out

Ancestry of “savukupu”, step by step

savukupu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish savu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsavusmoke; a residential building with a chimney, a...
2Proto-Finnicsavu—
3Proto-Finno-Permicsawe—

via Finnish kupu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkupudome; canopy; crop, craw
2Proto-Finnickupucrop, craw
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic sawe →Every word from Proto-Finnic savu →Every word from Finnish savu →