Where does “sukelluspuku” come from?
sukelluspuku (Finnish) comes from Finnish puku, from Zulu mpuku, from Proto-Bantu *pʊ́kʊ̀ — rat, mouse.
sukelluspuku (Finnish): diving suit; condom
Ancestry of “sukelluspuku”, step by step
sukelluspuku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish puku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puku | suit set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers |
| 2 | Zulu | mpuku | — |
| 3 | Proto-Bantu | *pʊ́kʊ̀ | rat, mouse |
via Finnish sukellus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sukellus | dive, diving |
| 2 | Finnish | -us | Forms nouns from verbs, describing an action or... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -us | Forms some nouns from nominal stems |