Where does “sumukaari” come from?

sumukaari (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaari, from Proto-Finnic kaari, from Proto-Uralic këŋere — curved thing.

sumukaari (Finnish): fogbow a white arc or circle

Definitions

  1. fogbow a white arc or circle

Ancestry of “sumukaari”, step by step

sumukaari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaaricurve; bow; arch
2Proto-Finnickaaricurve
3Proto-Uralickëŋerecurved thing

via Finnish sumu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsumufog, mist; nebula
2Proto-Finnicsumufog, mist
Every word from Proto-Uralic këŋere →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaari →Every word from Finnish kaari →
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