Where does “soramonttu” come from?

soramonttu (Finnish) comes from Finnish sora, from Proto-Finnic sora, from Proto-Finno-Ugric ćora.

soramonttu (Finnish): gravel pit

Definitions

  1. gravel pit

Ancestry of “soramonttu”, step by step

soramonttu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sora

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsoragravel
2Proto-Finnicsora
3Proto-Finno-Ugricćora

via Finnish monttu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmonttupit; pothole; mouth
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric ćoraEvery word from Proto-Finnic soraEvery word from Finnish sora