Where does “reduku” come from?

reduku (Veps) comes from Veps kü, from Proto-Finnic küü, from Proto-Uralic kuŋe — the Moon.

reduku (Veps): October

Definitions

  1. October

Ancestry of “reduku”, step by step

reduku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Veps kü

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vepsküviper, adder
2Proto-Finnicküüviper
3Proto-Uralickuŋethe Moon

via Veps redu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vepsredudirt, mud
Every word from Proto-Uralic kuŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic küü →Every word from Veps kü →