Where does “surupuku” come from?
surupuku (Finnish) comes from Finnish suru, from Finnish surra, from Proto-Finnic surdak, from Finnish sure-.
surupuku (Finnish): mourning clothes, mourning dress; mourning
Definitions
- mourning clothes, mourning dress; mourning
Ancestry of “surupuku”, step by step
surupuku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish suru
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | suru | sorrow, grief, woe; Swedish Finn |
| 2 | Finnish | surra | To mourn, grieve |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | surdak | to die |
| 4 | Finnish | sure- | — |
via Finnish puku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puku | suit set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers |
| 2 | Zulu | mpuku | — |
| 3 | Proto-Bantu | *pʊ́kʊ̀ | rat, mouse |
Words derived from “surupuku”