Where does “vuoksi” come from?

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

vuoksi (Finnish): "genitive +" API + "possessive suffix"; due to,...

Definitions

  1. "genitive +" API + "possessive suffix"; due to,...

Ancestry of “vuoksi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvuoflow; flux
2PolishwuThe name of the Latin-script letter W

Words derived from “vuoksi

Every word from Polish wuEvery word from Finnish vuo
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