Where does “valokuukausi” come from?

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

valokuukausi (Finnish): light month

Definitions

  1. light month

Ancestry of “valokuukausi”, step by step

valokuukausi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuukausi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkuukausiA month
2FinnishKuuThe Moon the satellite of the Earth
3Finnishkuusisix; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies"
4Proto-Finnickuucisix
5Proto-Uralickutteridge; six

via Finnish valo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalolight
2Proto-Finnicvalolight visible radiation
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwaĺɜ—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kutte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuuci →Every word from Finnish kuusi →