Where does “vuolukerma” come from?
vuolukerma (Finnish) comes from Finnish vuolu, from Finnish vuolla, from Proto-Finnic vooldak, from Proto-Uralic *wale- — to carve.
vuolukerma (Finnish): smetana
Ancestry of “vuolukerma”, step by step
vuolukerma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vuolu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vuolu | carving |
| 2 | Finnish | vuolla | to carve; Adessive singular form of vuo |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | vooldak | to sharpen; to carve |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | *wale- | to carve |
via Finnish kerma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kerma | cream; the cream; kerma |
| 2 | English | kerma | The sum of the initial kinetic energies of all... |