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Where does “suo” come from?

suo (Finnish) comes from Finnish Mäki, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

suo (Finnish): swamp, bog, marsh, mire; Third-person singular...

Definitions

  1. swamp, bog, marsh, mire; Third-person singular...

Ancestry of “suo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishMäki—
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-s—
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

Words derived from “suo”

  • suovilla
  • soidensuojelu
  • suoperäinen
  • hillasuo
  • soiden
  • afrikansuorotta
  • keidassuo
  • avosuo
  • suopursu
  • suomyrtti
  • sinisuohaukka
  • suohaukka
  • suokukko
  • australiansuorotta
  • soinen
  • suokorte
  • suomuurain
  • suokukka
  • suomalmi
  • Suolahti
  • turvesuo
  • kohosuo
  • suomyrkkysumakki
  • suohorsma
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