Where does “Sillamäe” come from?

Sillamäe (Estonian) comes from Estonian Mägi, from Estonian mägi, from Proto-Finnic mäki, from Proto-Uralic mäki.

Ancestry of “Sillamäe”, step by step

Sillamäe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian Mägi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EstonianMägihill, mountain
2Estonianmägihill, mountain
3Proto-Finnicmäkihill, mountain
4Proto-Uralicmäki—

via Estonian sild

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniansildbridge
2Proto-Finnicciltabridge
3Proto-Baltic*tílˀta—
Every word from Proto-Uralic mäki →Every word from Proto-Finnic mäki →Every word from Estonian mägi →