Where does “hopeakylki” come from?

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

hopeakylki (Finnish): silverside; Nickname for anything that has...

Definitions

  1. silverside; Nickname for anything that has...

Ancestry of “hopeakylki”, step by step

hopeakylki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hopea

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

via Finnish kylki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkylkiside; sparerib; loin
2Proto-Finnickülkiside, flank

Words derived from “hopeakylki”

Every word from Proto-Germanic samftijaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic hopeda →Every word from Finnish hopea →