Where does “suomumainen” come from?

suomumainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish suomu, from Proto-Finnic soomu, from Proto-Uralic śëme — scale.

suomumainen (Finnish): squamose, scale-like

Definitions

  1. squamose, scale-like

Ancestry of “suomumainen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuomuscale
2Proto-Finnicsoomuscale
3Proto-Uralicśëmescale
Every word from Proto-Uralic śëme →Every word from Proto-Finnic soomu →Every word from Finnish suomu →