Where does “savusumu” come from?

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

savusumu (Finnish): smog

Definitions

  1. smog

Ancestry of “savusumu”, step by step

savusumu 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 sumu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsumufog, mist; nebula
2Proto-Finnicsumufog, mist
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic sawe →Every word from Proto-Finnic savu →Every word from Finnish savu →