Where does “uhoku” come from?

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

uhoku (Veps): February

Definitions

  1. February

Ancestry of “uhoku”, step by step

uhoku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Veps kü

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

via Veps uho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vepsuhoblizzard, snowstorm
Every word from Proto-Uralic kuŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic küü →Every word from Veps kü →