Where does “sormaus” come from?

sormaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish sormi, from Proto-Finnic sormi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric sorme.

sormaus (Finnish): A (small) handful of flax (straw)

Definitions

  1. A (small) handful of flax (straw)

Ancestry of “sormaus”, step by step

sormaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sormi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsormifinger
2Proto-Finnicsormifinger
3Proto-Finno-Ugricsorme—

via Finnish aus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaus—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric sorme →Every word from Proto-Finnic sormi →Every word from Finnish sormi →