Kuhmoinen

Finnish Etymology fi kuhmo- inen. The initial component has been explained in two ways: by derivation from fi kuhmu (thus "hill"), or, more likely, akin to fi kumottaa, fi kuumottaa visible to loom, be barely vislble. As the name has generally been associated with high points of elevation, the "looming" would have referred to terrain, or alternatively to beacons (signal fires). Pronunciation Proper noun fi municipality r/Pirkanmaa Declension Kuhmoi a internal Kuhmoinen Kuhmoisissa Note that the inflected forms are formed as if they were plural. Derived terms fi kuhmoislainen Descendants 1 1 sv Kuhmois References Further reading fi