Where does “hylje” come from?

hylje (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic hülgeh, from Proto-Finnic šülkeš.

hylje (Finnish): seal; earless seal, true seal

Definitions

  1. seal; earless seal, true seal

Ancestry of “hylje”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnichülgehseal
2Proto-Finnicšülkeš

Words derived from “hylje

Every word from Proto-Finnic šülkeš
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