Where does “suomustus” come from?

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

suomustus (Finnish): scaling removing scales from a fish

Definitions

  1. scaling removing scales from a fish

Ancestry of “suomustus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuomustaato scale
2Finnishsuomuscale
3Proto-Finnicsoomuscale
4Proto-Uralicśëmescale

Words derived from “suomustus”

Every word from Proto-Uralic śëme →Every word from Proto-Finnic soomu →Every word from Finnish suomu →