Where does “tulvavuoksi” come from?

tulvavuoksi (Finnish) comes from Finnish vuoksi, from Finnish vuo, from Polish wu — The name of the Latin-script letter W.

tulvavuoksi (Finnish): A spring, spring tide or tidal wave

Definitions

  1. A spring, spring tide or tidal wave

Ancestry of “tulvavuoksi”, step by step

tulvavuoksi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vuoksi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvuoksi"genitive +" API + "possessive suffix"; due to,...
2Finnishvuoflow; flux
3PolishwuThe name of the Latin-script letter W

via Finnish tulva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtulvaflood
Every word from Polish wu →Every word from Finnish vuo →Every word from Finnish vuoksi →