Where does “viljavuosi” come from?

viljavuosi (Finnish) comes from Finnish vuosi, from Proto-Finnic vooci, from Proto-Finnic oote, from Proto-Uralic ëde — year.

viljavuosi (Finnish): grain year, crop year usually used when speaking of a good or bad year in terms of production of grain or crops

Definitions

  1. grain year, crop year usually used when speaking of a good or bad year in terms of production of grain or crops

Ancestry of “viljavuosi”, step by step

viljavuosi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vuosi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvuosiyear
2Proto-Finnicvoociyear
3Proto-Finnicoote
4Proto-Uralicëdeyear

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 ëdeEvery word from Proto-Finnic ooteEvery word from Proto-Finnic vooci