Where does “tuulipuku” come from?

tuulipuku (Finnish) comes from Finnish puku, from Zulu mpuku, from Proto-Bantu *pʊ́kʊ̀ — rat, mouse.

tuulipuku (Finnish): windbreaker thin outer coat or suit designed to resist wind chill

Definitions

  1. windbreaker thin outer coat or suit designed to resist wind chill

Ancestry of “tuulipuku”, step by step

tuulipuku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpukusuit set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers
2Zulumpuku—
3Proto-Bantu*pʊ́kʊ̀rat, mouse

via Finnish Tuuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishTuuliwind
2FinnishTuulikkiA forest goddess, daughter of Tapio in the Kalevala

Words derived from “tuulipuku”

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