Where does “järvenselkä” come from?

järvenselkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish selkä, from Proto-Finnic selkä, from Proto-Finno-Permic śelkä.

järvenselkä (Finnish): open water of a lake

Definitions

  1. open water of a lake

Ancestry of “järvenselkä”, step by step

järvenselkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish selkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishselkäback; ridge, spine; watershed area
2Proto-Finnicselkäback; ridge
3Proto-Finno-Permicśelkä—

via Finnish järvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjärvilake
2Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic śelkä →Every word from Proto-Finnic selkä →Every word from Finnish selkä →