Where does “kalmanhaju” come from?

kalmanhaju (Finnish) comes from Finnish kalma, from Proto-Finnic kalma, from Proto-Uralic kalma, from Proto-Uralic kale- — to die.

kalmanhaju (Finnish): smell of death

Definitions

  1. smell of death

Ancestry of “kalmanhaju”, step by step

kalmanhaju traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kalma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalmadeath
2Proto-Finnickalmagrave; death
3Proto-Uralickalmagrave; ? death
4Proto-Uralickale-to die

via Finnish haju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhajusmell, whiff; clue, slightest idea
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*haju—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kale- →