Where does “halkeama” come from?

halkeama (Finnish) comes from Finnish mä, from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.

halkeama (Finnish): A crevice; A fissure; A rift

Definitions

  1. A crevice; A fissure; A rift

Ancestry of “halkeama”, step by step

halkeama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmäI
2FinnishminäI; ego; self
3Proto-FinnicminäI, me
4Uralic*minä—

via Finnish haljeta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhaljetaTo rip, tear, split; To crack, fracture; To...
2Proto-Finnichalget'akto split, to break; to crack

Words derived from “halkeama”

Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →Every word from Finnish minä →
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