Where does “vuosikulu” come from?
vuosikulu (Finnish) comes from Finnish vuosi, from Proto-Finnic vooci, from Proto-Finnic oote, from Proto-Uralic ëde — year.
vuosikulu (Finnish): annual cost, annual expense
Definitions
- annual cost, annual expense
Ancestry of “vuosikulu”, step by step
vuosikulu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vuosi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vuosi | year |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | vooci | year |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | oote | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | ëde | year |
via Finnish kulu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kulu | expense, cost, expenditure; worn; Indicative... |
| 2 | Finnish | kulua | to wear; to get spent, go; to be/get consumed, to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kuludak | to wear out |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | kule- | to hear |