Where does “kalmea” come from?

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

kalmea (Finnish): wan, sickly-looking

Definitions

  1. wan, sickly-looking

Ancestry of “kalmea”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalmadeath
2Proto-Finnickalmagrave; death
3Proto-Uralickalmagrave; ? death
4Proto-Uralickale-to die
Every word from Proto-Uralic kale- →