Where does “toukokuu” come from?

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

toukokuu (Finnish): May

Definitions

  1. May

Ancestry of “toukokuu”, step by step

toukokuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Kuu

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

via Finnish touko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoukosowing, planting; especially of grain; growing...
2Proto-Finnictoukoseedtime
3Proto-Uralictowkespring

Words derived from “toukokuu”

Every word from Proto-Uralic kutte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuuci →Every word from Finnish kuusi →