Where does “kalmankatkuinen” come from?

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

kalmankatkuinen (Finnish): macabre

Definitions

  1. macabre

Ancestry of “kalmankatkuinen”, step by step

kalmankatkuinen 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 katkuinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatkuinenreeking having a strong, unpleasant and stinging smell, especially that of something burning
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Uralic kale-
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