Where does “suurkiitos” come from?

suurkiitos (Finnish) comes from Finnish suur-, from Finnish suuri, from Proto-Finnic suuri, from Proto-Germanic stūra-.

suurkiitos (Finnish): thank you very much

Definitions

  1. thank you very much

Ancestry of “suurkiitos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuur-great, grand, major, macro-
2Finnishsuurilarge; big; great
3Proto-Finnicsuuribig, large
4Proto-Germanicstūra-
Every word from Proto-Germanic stūra-Every word from Proto-Finnic suuriEvery word from Finnish suuri