Where does “Uusjoulu” come from?

Uusjoulu (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian uus, from Proto-Finnic uuci, from Proto-Finno-Ugric wuďe — new.

Uusjoulu (Ingrian): Christmas according to the Julian calendar

Definitions

  1. Christmas according to the Julian calendar

Ancestry of “Uusjoulu”, step by step

Uusjoulu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianuusnew
2Proto-Finnicuucinew
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwuďenew

via Ingrian joulu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IngrianjouluChristmas
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric wuďe →Every word from Proto-Finnic uuci →Every word from Ingrian uus →