Where does “kuuvalo” come from?

kuuvalo (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian kuu, from Proto-Finnic kuu, from Proto-Uralic kuŋe — the Moon.

kuuvalo (Ingrian): moonlight

Definitions

  1. moonlight

Ancestry of “kuuvalo”, step by step

kuuvalo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian kuu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriankuumoon; month
2Proto-Finnickuumoon; month; fat, tallow
3Proto-Uralickuŋethe Moon

via Ingrian valo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianvalolight
Every word from Proto-Uralic kuŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuu →Every word from Ingrian kuu →