Where does “vuori” come from?
vuori (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic voori, from Estonian voor, from Middle Low German vore, from Old Saxon fora, from Proto-West Germanic forē, from Proto-Germanic furai, from Proto-Indo-European preh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
vuori (Finnish): mountain; a high hill; lining
Definitions
- mountain; a high hill; lining
Ancestry of “vuori”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | voori | large hill |
| 2 | Estonian | voor | drumlin, an oval ridge formed under glacier ice;... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | vore | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | fora | before, against |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | forē | before, in front of |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | furai | before, in front of; before, in front |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
Words derived from “vuori”