Where does “toukokuinen” come from?

toukokuinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish toukokuu, from Finnish Kuu, from Finnish kuusi, from Proto-Finnic kuuci, from Proto-Uralic kutte — ridge; six.

toukokuinen (Finnish): Pertaining to May

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to May

Ancestry of “toukokuinen”, step by step

toukokuinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish toukokuu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtoukokuuMay
2FinnishKuuThe Moon the satellite of the Earth
3Finnishkuusisix; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies"
4Proto-Finnickuucisix
5Proto-Uralickutteridge; six

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kutte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuuci →Every word from Finnish kuusi →