Where does “Gibraltarinsalmi” come from?

Gibraltarinsalmi (Finnish) comes from Finnish Salmi, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

Gibraltarinsalmi (Finnish): Strait of Gibraltar

Definitions

  1. Strait of Gibraltar

Ancestry of “Gibraltarinsalmi”, step by step

Gibraltarinsalmi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Salmi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSalmiA town in Russian Karelia
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish Gibraltar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishGibraltarof Gibraltar
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →