Where does “suuruus” come from?

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

suuruus (Finnish): largeness, greatness; size, magnitude

Definitions

  1. largeness, greatness; size, magnitude

Ancestry of “suuruus”, step by step

suuruus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuurilarge; big; great
2Proto-Finnicsuuribig, large
3Proto-Germanicstūra-—

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi

Words derived from “suuruus”

Every word from Proto-Germanic stūra- →Every word from Proto-Finnic suuri →Every word from Finnish suuri →