Where does “tunturihuippu” come from?

tunturihuippu (Finnish) comes from Finnish tunturi, from Proto-Samic tuontër — fell.

tunturihuippu (Finnish): peak of a fell

Definitions

  1. peak of a fell

Ancestry of “tunturihuippu”, step by step

tunturihuippu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tunturi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtunturiA fell
2Proto-Samictuontërfell

via Finnish huippu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuipputop, peak, summit; climax, culmination;...
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