Where does “syntymäpuku” come from?
syntymäpuku (Finnish) comes from Finnish syntymä, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
syntymäpuku (Finnish): birthday suit
Ancestry of “syntymäpuku”, step by step
syntymäpuku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish syntymä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | syntymä | birth |
| 2 | Finnish | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
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 “syntymäpuku”