Where does “suuhaara” come from?

suuhaara (Finnish) comes from Finnish suu, from Proto-Finnic süü, from Proto-Uralic śuwe — mouth.

suuhaara (Finnish): distributary

Definitions

  1. distributary

Ancestry of “suuhaara”, step by step

suuhaara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuumouth
2Proto-Finnicsüüthread, fibre; annual ring; reason, cause
3Proto-Uralicśuwemouth

via Finnish haara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaarabranch; fork, bifurcation; offshoot
2Proto-Finnichaarabranch
Every word from Proto-Uralic śuwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic süü →Every word from Finnish suu →