Where does “kalmisto” come from?

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

kalmisto (Finnish): cemetery, graveyard; especially an ancient one

Definitions

  1. cemetery, graveyard; especially an ancient one

Ancestry of “kalmisto”, step by step

kalmisto 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 Isto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishIsto—

Words derived from “kalmisto”

Every word from Proto-Uralic kale- →Every word from Proto-Uralic kalma →Every word from Proto-Finnic kalma →