Etymology Explorer
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Where does “soo” come from?
soo (Ingrian) comes from Proto-Finnic soo, from Proto-Uralic towe — lake, pond.
soo
(Ingrian): swamp
Definitions
swamp
Ancestry of “soo”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Finnic
soo
swamp, marsh, bog
2
Proto-Uralic
towe
lake, pond
Words derived from “soo”
niittysoo
sooheinä
sookulikka
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