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Where does “vuo” come from?

vuo (Finnish) comes from Polish wu — The name of the Latin-script letter W.

vuo (Finnish): flow; flux

Definitions

  1. flow; flux

Ancestry of “vuo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishwuThe name of the Latin-script letter W

Words derived from “vuo”

  • vuoksiaalto
  • jokiuoma
  • vuoksi
  • uoma
  • sen vuoksi
  • sähkövuo
  • tulvavuoksi
  • vuokaavio
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