Where does “viluku” come from?

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

viluku (Veps): January

Definitions

  1. January

Ancestry of “viluku”, step by step

viluku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Veps kü

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

via Veps vilu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vepsvilucold; coldness, cold
2Proto-Finnicvilucool, cold
Every word from Proto-Uralic kuŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic küü →Every word from Veps kü →