Where does “suu” come from?
suu (Võro) comes from Proto-Finnic süü, from Proto-Uralic śuwe — mouth.
suu (Võro): fault; guilt; reason, cause
Definitions
- fault; guilt; reason, cause
Ancestry of “suu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Finnic | süü | thread, fibre; annual ring; reason, cause |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | śuwe | mouth |