Where does “viljanleikkuu” come from?

viljanleikkuu (Finnish) comes from Finnish leikkuu, from Finnish -uu, from Finnish -au, from Finnish -ao, from Proto-Finnic -ado, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

viljanleikkuu (Finnish): harvesting crops, harvesting grain, reaping

Definitions

  1. harvesting crops, harvesting grain, reaping

Ancestry of “viljanleikkuu”, step by step

viljanleikkuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leikkuu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleikkuucutting
2Finnish-uuForms nouns from verbs
3Finnish-au—
4Finnish-ao—
5Proto-Finnic-ado—
6Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
7Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish Vilja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishViljagrain, cereal, corn type of grass cultivated for its edible grains
2Proto-Finnicviljagrain, cereal; abundance, plenty
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →Every word from Finnish -uu →