Where does “ukkoskuuro” come from?
ukkoskuuro (Finnish) comes from Finnish ukkonen, from Finnish -nen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
ukkoskuuro (Finnish): thundershower
Ancestry of “ukkoskuuro”, step by step
ukkoskuuro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ukkonen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ukkonen | thunder; thunderstorm |
| 2 | Finnish | -nen | Forms diminutives nouns or terms expressing... |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish kuuro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuuro | deaf; deaf person; rain shower, shower |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kuuro | rain shower, shower |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | skūrō | storm; short shower; shelter, shack |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱēwer- | north; north wind; cold wind; rain shower |