Where does “hopeasulfidi” come from?

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

hopeasulfidi (Finnish): silver sulfide

Definitions

  1. silver sulfide

Ancestry of “hopeasulfidi”, step by step

hopeasulfidi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hopea

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

via Finnish sulfidi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsulfidisulfide
Every word from Proto-Germanic samftijaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic hopeda →Every word from Finnish hopea →