Where does “kumpõ” come from?

kumpõ (Votic) comes from Finnish kumpi, from Proto-Finnic kumpa, from Proto-Finnic ku, from Proto-Uralic ku- — who; where.

kumpõ (Votic): which, what (of two)

Definitions

  1. which, what (of two)

Ancestry of “kumpõ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkumpiwhich one
2Proto-Finnickumpawhich
3Proto-Finnickuwho, what
4Proto-Uralicku-who; where
Every word from Proto-Uralic ku-Every word from Proto-Finnic kuEvery word from Proto-Finnic kumpa