Where does “uusikuu” come from?

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

uusikuu (Finnish): new moon

Definitions

  1. new moon

Ancestry of “uusikuu”, step by step

uusikuu 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 uusi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuusinew; Third person singular indicative past form...
2Proto-Finnicuucinew
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwuďenew
Every word from Proto-Uralic kutte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuuci →Every word from Finnish kuusi →