Where does “jalkasilsa” come from?

jalkasilsa (Finnish) comes from Finnish jalka, from Proto-Finnic jalka, from Proto-Finno-Ugric jalka.

jalkasilsa (Finnish): athlete's foot

Definitions

  1. athlete's foot

Ancestry of “jalkasilsa”, step by step

jalkasilsa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jalka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalkafoot; leg; the lower limb of a human
2Proto-Finnicjalkaleg; foot
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjalka—

via Finnish silsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsilsadermatophytosis, ringworm
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric jalka →Every word from Proto-Finnic jalka →Every word from Finnish jalka →