Where does “lu” come from?

lu (Veps) comes from Proto-Finnic luu, from Proto-Uralic luwe, from Proto-Iranian *Hrawpācáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás — fox.

lu (Veps): bone

Definitions

  1. bone

Ancestry of “lu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicluubone
2Proto-Uralicluwebone
3Proto-Iranian*Hrawpācáhfox
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hrawpāćásfox
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás →Every word from Proto-Iranian *Hrawpācáh →Every word from Proto-Uralic luwe →
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