Where does “verhopuusto” come from?
verhopuusto (Finnish) comes from Finnish verho, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
verhopuusto (Finnish): nurse crop
Ancestry of “verhopuusto”, step by step
verhopuusto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish verho
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | verho | curtain; window blind |
| 2 | Finnish | -o | Forms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |
via Finnish puusto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puusto | The trees of an area collectively; the forest... |
| 2 | Russian | пусто́й | futile |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | поустъ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | pȗstъ | desolate; empty |