Where does “vuorivanu” come from?
vuorivanu (Finnish) comes from Finnish Vuori, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
vuorivanu (Finnish): cotton wool for wadding for lining
Definitions
- cotton wool for wadding for lining
Ancestry of “vuorivanu”, step by step
vuorivanu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Vuori
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Vuori | mountain large mass of earth and rock |
| 2 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 3 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Finnish vanu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vanu | cotton wool, absorbent cotton, wadding;... |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |