Where does “suukopu” come from?
suukopu (Finnish) comes from Finnish suu, from Proto-Finnic süü, from Proto-Uralic śuwe — mouth.
suukopu (Finnish): quarrel
Ancestry of “suukopu”, step by step
suukopu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish suu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | suu | mouth |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | süü | thread, fibre; annual ring; reason, cause |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | śuwe | mouth |
via Finnish kopu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kopu | — |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |