Where does “kumb” come from?
kumb (Võro) comes from Finnish kumpi, from Proto-Finnic kumpa, from Proto-Finnic ku, from Proto-Uralic ku- — who; where.
kumb (Võro): which
Ancestry of “kumb”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kumpi | which one |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kumpa | which |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | ku | who, what |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | ku- | who; where |