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Where does “suomus” come from?
suomus (Finnish) comes from Finnish suomu, from Proto-Finnic soomu, from Proto-Uralic śëme — scale.
Ancestry of “suomus”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Finnish
suomu
scale
2
Proto-Finnic
soomu
scale
3
Proto-Uralic
śëme
scale
Words derived from “suomus”
Suomussalmi
suomussalmelainen
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