Where does “immenkalvo” come from?

immenkalvo (Finnish) comes from Finnish kalvo, from Proto-Finnic kalvo, from Proto-Uralic kaĺwɜ — membrane.

immenkalvo (Finnish): hymen, maidenhead, virginal membrane

Definitions

  1. hymen, maidenhead, virginal membrane

Ancestry of “immenkalvo”, step by step

immenkalvo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kalvo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalvofilm; membrane; diaphragm
2Proto-Finnickalvomembrane
3Proto-Uralickaĺwɜmembrane

via Finnish Impi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishImpiused around 1900; rare today
2Finnishimpivirgin
3Proto-Finnicimpi—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kaĺwɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic kalvo →Every word from Finnish kalvo →