Where does “Käkisalmi” come from?
Käkisalmi (Finnish) comes from Finnish Salmi, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
Ancestry of “Käkisalmi”, step by step
Käkisalmi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Salmi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Salmi | A town in Russian Karelia |
| 2 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 3 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Finnish käki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | käki | cuckoo |
| 2 | Japanese | 柿 | a persimmon, especially the Japanese persimmon;... |
| 3 | Old Japanese | 柿 | — |