Where does “hopeakuore” come from?

hopeakuore (Finnish) comes from Finnish hopea, from Proto-Finnic hopeda, from Proto-Germanic samftijaz.

hopeakuore (Finnish): argentine, herring smelt; argentine, European...

Definitions

  1. argentine, herring smelt; argentine, European...

Ancestry of “hopeakuore”, step by step

hopeakuore traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hopea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhopeasilver
2Proto-Finnichopedasilver; soft
3Proto-Germanicsamftijaz—

via Finnish kuore

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkuoreEuropean smelt, sparling; smelt; also freshwater...
2Proto-FinnickoorehEuropean smelt (Osmerus eperlanus)
3Proto-Uralickorɜ—
Every word from Proto-Germanic samftijaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic hopeda →Every word from Finnish hopea →